Application of helical tomotherapy in genitourinary malignancies
George Rodrigues1,2, Slav Yartsev1,3, Glenn Bauman1,3
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.17, No.6, pp. 5453-5458, 2010
Abstract Introduction: Helical tomotherapy (HT) is an innovative approach to the delivery of intensity-modulated radiation therapy which combines the imaging elements of helical computed tomography (CT) with megavoltage linear accelerator treatment. The purpose of this report is to describe our experience with the clinical implementation of HT for genitourinary malignancies.
Materials and methods: All patients treated with a primary genitourinary malignancy were included in this study cohort. Descriptive statistics for various demographic and treatment-related parameters such as patient age, primary site of disease, site of radiotherapy, goal of treatment, dose/fractionation, immobilization and clinical trial enrolment were calculated.
Results: A… More >