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SUBMITTER: Witek M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6020831 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Witek Matthew M Vahknenko Yelena Y Siglin Joshua J Harrison Amy A Xiao Ying Y Lui Haison H Andrews David D Shi Wenyin W
International journal of medical physics, clinical engineering and radiation oncology 20140801 3
We evaluated the feasibility of combined hippocampal- and scalp-sparing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) plans. This study included 7 patients who received conventional palliative whole brain radiation treatment (WBRT) for brain metastasis. The brain, hippocampus, and scalp were contoured and replanned with intensity modulated radiation therapy. The prescription dose was 30 Gray (Gy) in 10 fractions with hippocampus and normal structure constraints per the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group ...[more]