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On the performances of Intensity Modulated Protons, RapidArc and Helical Tomotherapy for selected paediatric cases by Antonella Fogliata; Slav Yartsev; Giorgia Nicolini; Alessandro Clivio; Eugenio Vanetti; Rolf Wyttenbach; Glenn Bauman; Luca Cozzi is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Background To evaluate the performance of three different advanced treatment techniques on a group of complex paediatric cancer cases. ## Methods CT images and volumes of interest of five patients were used to design plans for Helical Tomotherapy (HT), RapidArc (RA) and Intensity Modulated Proton therapy (IMP). The tumour types were: extraosseous, intrathoracic Ewing Sarcoma; mediastinal Rhabdomyosarcoma; metastastis of base of skull with bone, para-nasal and left eye infiltration from Nephroblastoma of right kidney; metastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma of the anus; Wilm's tumour of the left kidney with multiple liver metastases. Cases were selected for their complexity regardless the treatment intent and stage. Prescribed doses ranged from 18 to 53.2 Gy, with four cases planned using a Simultaneous Integrated Boost strategy. Results were analysed in terms of dose distributions and dose volume histograms. ## Results For all patients, IMP plans lead to superior sparing of organs at risk and normal healthy tissue, where in particular the integral dose is halved with respect to photon techniques. In terms of conformity and of spillage of high doses outside targets (external inde
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- Author
- Antonella Fogliata; Slav Yartsev; Giorgia Nicolini; Alessandro Clivio; Eugenio Vanetti; Rolf Wyttenbach; Glenn Bauman; Luca Cozzi
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); [London]: BioMed Central, 2006-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1748-717X)
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)