Open AccessA study on the impact of patient-related parameters in the ability to spare parotid glands by intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas
Author(s) -
Bhanu Prakash Bandlamudi,
Krishna Sharan,
Prahlad H Yathiraj,
Anshul Singh,
Anusha Reddy,
Donald J Fernandes,
Vidyasagar Mamidipudi Srinivasa
Publication year - 2018
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/jcrt.jcrt_362_16
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , parotid gland , head and neck cancer , nuclear medicine , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , stage (stratigraphy) , basal cell , head and neck , t stage , retrospective cohort study , radiation treatment planning , radiology , urology , surgery , cancer , pathology , paleontology , biology
This study aims to study the effect of geometric- and patient-related variables in achieving the desired dose-volume constraints to parotid for patients undergoing definitive/adjuvant intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC).