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Tolerance doses of critical organs in patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapy
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Abstract
in relation to critical organs of the head and neck. This knowledge is of crucial importance for a radiotherapist who is
planning and performing irradiation treatment of malignant neoplasms of the skull base, eyeball and orbit, naso-maxillary-
ethmoid prominence, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, large salivary glands, thyroid gland, and cervical lymph nodes. This
diagnostic and therapeutic process involves the use of some modern techniques such as IMRT (Intensity Modulated
Radiation Therapy), IGRT (Image Guided Radiation Therapy), tomotherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery.
Abstract
in relation to critical organs of the head and neck. This knowledge is of crucial importance for a radiotherapist who is
planning and performing irradiation treatment of malignant neoplasms of the skull base, eyeball and orbit, naso-maxillary-
ethmoid prominence, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, large salivary glands, thyroid gland, and cervical lymph nodes. This
diagnostic and therapeutic process involves the use of some modern techniques such as IMRT (Intensity Modulated
Radiation Therapy), IGRT (Image Guided Radiation Therapy), tomotherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery.
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Tolerance doses of critical organs in patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapy
Journal
Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology
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Article type
Review paper
Pages
35-47
Published online
2013-03-08
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Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology 2013;63(1):35-47.
Authors
Marcin Hutnik
Krzysztof Składowski
Andrzej Wygoda
Tomasz Rutkowski
Bolesław Pilecki