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Article: Research on radiation therapy reported by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University.(Report)
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- October 13, 2009
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In this recent article published in the journal Radiation Oncology, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To assess the impact of two multileaf collimator (MLC) systems (2.5 and 5 mm leaf widths) on three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and dynamic conformal arc techniques for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) of liver and lung lesions. Twenty-nine SBRT plans of primary liver (n = 11) and lung ( n = 18) tumors were the basis of this study."
"Five-millimeter leaf width 120-leaf Varian Millennium (M120) MLC-based plans served as reference, and were designed using static conformal beams (3DCRT), ...