Open AccessPreliminary results of SIB-IMRT in head and neck cancers: Report from a regional cancer center in northern India
Author(s) -
Santam Chakraborty,
Sushmita Ghoshal,
Vijay Maruti Patil,
Arun S. Oinam,
Suresh C. Sharma
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 - 10.4103/0973-1482.57121
Subject(s) - medicine , mucositis , head and neck cancer , radiation therapy , head and neck , cancer , nuclear medicine , toxicity , surgery
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy using simultaneous integrated boost (SIB-IMRT) is an attractive method for the treatment of head and neck cancers with sparing of the salivary function.