Treatment planning comparison of IMPT, VMAT and 4π radiotherapy for prostate cases

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• 作者：Angelia Tran ; Jingjing Zhang ; Kaley Woods ; Victoria Yu ; Dan Nguyen…
• 关键词：Prostate cancer ; 4π radiotherapy ; Intensity modulated proton therapy ; Volumetric modulated arc therapy
• 刊名：Radiation Oncology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：12
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1719KB
• 刊物主题：Cancer Research; Oncology; Radiotherapy; Imaging / Radiology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1748-717X
• 卷排序：12

文摘

BackgroundIntensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT), non-coplanar 4π intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) represent the most advanced treatment methods based on heavy ion and X-rays, respectively. Here we compare their performance for prostate cancer treatment.