Open AccessAdaptive intensity-modulated radiotherapy in head-and-neck cancer
Author(s) -
Nagarjuna Burela,
Tej Prakash Soni,
Nidhi Patni,
T. K. Natarajan
Publication year - 2019
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_594_17
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , radiation therapy , head and neck cancer , larynx , radiation treatment planning , computed tomography , radiology , head and neck , spinal cord , cone beam computed tomography , surgery , psychiatry
Anatomic and volumetric changes occur in head-and-neck cancer during fractionated radiotherapy (RT), and the actual dose received by patient is considerably different from the original plan. The purpose of this study is to evaluate volumetric and dosimetric changes occurring during radiation therapy.