Open AccessTime trial: A prospective comparative study of the time-resource burden for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy in head and neck cancers
Author(s) -
Vedang Murthy,
Tejpal Gupta,
Avinash Kadam,
Sarbani GhoshLaskar,
Ashwini Budrukkar,
Reenadevi Phurailatpam,
Rajeshri Pai,
Jitendra Agarwal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.52800
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , head and neck , clinical trial , prospective cohort study , randomized controlled trial , nuclear medicine , cohort , radiology , surgery
An ongoing institutional randomized clinical trial comparing three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D CRT) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) provided us an opportunity to document and compare the time-manpower burden with these high-precision techniques in head and neck cancers.