Comparison between bone matching and marker matching for evaluation of intra- and inter-fractional changes in accumulated dose of carbon ion radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma.

CONCLUSION: MM is a better positioning technique than BM for ensuring the target dose during and between fractions of CIRT. However, further analysis is required as our study included only a low number of cases. PMID: 31078014 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - May 7, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Kubota Y, Katoh H, Shibuya K, Shiba S, Abe S, Sakai M, Yuasa D, Tsuda K, Ohno T, Nakano T Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research