Dosimetric evaluation of VMAT for palliative radiotherapy for non-small cell lung carcinoma.

CONCLUSIONS: The standard POP technique does not take into account tissue densities which results in higher doses to the normal tissue outside the target volume and reduced conformity to the PTV. Advances in knowledge: With the help of modern VMAT techniques, it is possible to effectively achieve highly conformal dose delivery which may provide an opportunity to escalate the dose to the tumour in this group of patients. PMID: 29888967 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research