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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9996-5627
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6403-6120
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-5867
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4582-8587
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-9482
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Radiation Oncology
Abstract
Background
To evaluate the feasibility of image-guided radiotherapy based on helical Tomotherapy to spare the contralateral parotid gland in head and neck cancer patients with unilateral or no neck node metastases.
Methods
A retrospective review of 52 patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancers with image guidance based on daily megavoltage CT imaging with helical tomotherapy was performed.
Results
Mean contralateral parotid dose and the volume of the contralateral parotid receiving 40 Gy or more were compared between radiotherapy plans with significant constraint (SC) of less than 20 Gy on parotid dose (23 patients) and the conventional constraint (CC) of 26 Gy (29 patients). All patients had PTV coverage of at least 95% to the contralateral elective neck nodes. Mean contralateral parotid dose was, respectively, 14.1 Gy and 24.7 Gy for the SC and CC plans (p < 0.0001). The volume of contralateral parotid receiving 40 Gy or more was respectively 5.3% and 18.2% (p < 0.0001)
Conclusion
Tomotherapy for head and neck cancer minimized radiotherapy dose to the contralateral parotid gland in patients undergoing elective node irradiation without sacrificing target coverage.
Digital Commons Citation
Nguyen, Nam P.; Vos, Paul; Vinh-Hung, Vincent; Ceizyk, Misty; Smith-Raymond, Lexie; Stevie, Michelle; Slane, Benjamin; Chi, Alexander; Desai, Anand; Krafft, Shane P.; Jang, Siyoung; Hamilton, Russ; Karlsson, Ulf; and Abraham, Dave, "Feasibility of image-guided radiotherapy based on helical tomotherapy to reduce contralateral parotid dose in head and neck cancer" (2013). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2672.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2672
Source Citation
Nguyen, N.P., Vos, P., Vinh-Hung, V. et al. Feasibility of image-guided radiotherapy based on helical tomotherapy to reduce contralateral parotid dose in head and neck cancer. BMC Cancer 12, 175 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-12-175
Comments
© 2012 Nguyen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.