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A Review of intensity modulated radiation therapy: Incorporating a report on the seventh education workshop of the ACPSEM — ACT/NSW branch

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Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is an evolving treatment technique that has become a clinical treatment option in several radiotherapy centres around the world. In August 2001 the ACT/NSW branch of the ACPSEM held its seventh education workshop, the subject was IMRT. This review considers the current use of IMRT and reports on the proceedings of the workshop. The workshop provided some of the theory behind IMRT, discussion of the practical issues associated with IMRT, and also involved presentations from Australian centres that had clinically implemented IMRT. The main topics of discussion were patient selection, plan assessment, multi-disciplinary approach, quality assurance and delivery of IMRT. Key points that were emphasised were the need for a balanced multi-disciplinary approach to IMRT, in both the establishment and maintenance of an IMRT program; the importance of the accuracy of the final dose distribution as compared to the minor in-field fluctuations of individual beams; and that IMRT is an emerging treatment technique, undergoing continuing development and refinement.

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Williams, M. A Review of intensity modulated radiation therapy: Incorporating a report on the seventh education workshop of the ACPSEM — ACT/NSW branch. Australas. Phys. Eng. Sci. Med. 25, 91–101 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03178769

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