A dosimetric evaluation on applying RTOG-based and CT/MRI-based delineation methods to brachial plexus in radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with helical tomotherapy.
作者： Chi-Him Li , Vincent WC Wu , George Chiu
DOI: 10.1259/BJR.20170881
关键词: Radiology 、 Nasopharyngeal carcinoma 、 Radiation therapy 、 Brachial plexus 、 Medicine 、 Tomotherapy
摘要: Objective:In radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients, the brachial plexus (BP) situated at both sides neck is often irradiated to high dose. This study was evaluate differ...
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