Analysis of Clinical Target Volume Delineation in Local-regional Failure of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma after Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy

CONCLUSION: These findings suggested that IMRT provide a good local control for patients with NPC, and the in-field failure is the main mode. A wide range of CTV cannot prevent the local recurrence, narrowing the CTV to protect the adjacent organs should be taken into consideration.

Source: Journal of Cancer - July 2, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Xiaojing Yang, Hanru Ren, Weiwei Yu, Xiulong Zhang, Yi Sun, Yuhui Shao, Lihua Zhang, Hongling Li, Xinmiao Yang, Jie Fu Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research