Reference and year of publication Study design Number of patients IMRT dose/fraction size, Gy Chemotherapy % with resected disease Median progression-free survival time, months Median overall survival time, months Neoadjuvant…
Fig. 8.1 Dosimetric comparison of treatment plans for intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) vs. 3D-conformal RT vs. traditional RT. Axial dose distributions through the center of the nasopharynx and neck for…
Study Year Ce/Hp 5ySR (%) Morbidity n (%) Hospital mortality n (%) Wei et al. [5] 1998 32/37 24 34(49) 6(9) Triboulet et al. [6] 2001 78/131 24 42(33.1) 10(4.8)…
Fig. 4.1 Delineation of the target volumes using FDG-PET/CT and MRI. An advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma showing extensive infiltrations to the skull base and the clivus. (a) and (b) The FDG-PET/CT…
Fig. 22.1 Axial CT images of adult and pediatric patient treated with IMRT. Images are at the same scale (orange bar). Since the physical characteristics of the delivery hardware are…
Trial Initial publication year # Pts enrolled Radiation technique Median treatment duration (days) Treatment breaks (%) Median treatment break duration (days) Acute G3+ heme toxicity (%) Acute G3+ derm toxicity…
Fig. 13.1 Scans for intensity-modulated radiation therapy to be given after an extrapleural pneumonectomy for mesothelioma, with representative sagittal, coronal, and axial slices and the dose-volume histogram (DVH) 13.3.3.2 IMRT…
Fig. 6.1 (a) Left upper jugular lymph node metastasis (white arrow) from nasopharyngeal cancer was noted on CT before IMRT. (b) On the 25th day of IMRT (after delivery of…
Fig. 12.1 Beam configuration for an intensity-modulated radiation therapy plan to treat a patient with non-small lung cancer. The beams are separated by 25–30° so as to avoid parallel opposed…
Fig. 16.1 The relative distribution of radiation dose in the treatment of esophageal cancer with 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D CRT) versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) Thus, when optimal beam…
