Open AccessIntegral dose to the carotid artery in intensity modulated radiotherapy of carcinoma nasopharynx: Extended field IMRT versus split-field IMRT
Author(s) -
Amit Bahl,
Koushik Basu,
Daya Nand Sharma,
G.K. Rath,
Pramod Kumar Julka,
Sanjay Thulkar
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0973-1482.77089
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , carotid arteries , radiation therapy , radiology , surgery
To evaluate the integral dose to carotid vessels in extended field intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) (including the lower neck nodes in IMRT field) and split field IMRT (using separate single anterior field to treat lower neck nodes) in cancer nasopharynx.