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Monte Carlo studies of energy modulated radiotherapy

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The Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy

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Abstract

Our overall goal is to improve the management of head, neck, and breast cancer. Achieving local control is important as a considerable proportion of patients who die, do so with uncontrolled local disease [1]. Moreover, failure to eradicate local disease may serve as a nidus for distant dissemination [2], with local control linked to a reduction in the incidence of distant metastases for a variety of cancers [3–6]. Energy modulated radiotherapy (EMRT) will provide us with the ability to vary energy and intensity over the target and this may lead to improved target coverage with less normal tissue irradiated.

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  1. Toronto-Sunnbrook Regional Cancer Center, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5

    Bruce Faddegon, Judith Balogh, Bob Mackenzie, Yee Ung & Mark Ruschin

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Faddegon, B., Balogh, J., Mackenzie, B., Ung, Y., Ruschin, M. (2000). Monte Carlo studies of energy modulated radiotherapy. In: Schlegel, W., Bortfeld, T. (eds) The Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59758-9_63

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