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[Dosimetric comparison of the helical tomotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy and volumetric-modulated arc therapy in radical radiotherapy for esophageal cancer].

Yaping Xu, P Li, Xiaoyu Hu, J Wang, H L, M Chen

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Abstract

The VMAT plan is better than TOMO and IMRT in terms of the conformal degree and dose uniformity of the target volume.TOMO seems significantly better than VMAT and IMRT in protecting normal tissue.

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The VMAT plan is better than TOMO and IMRT in terms of the conformal degree and dose uniformity of the target volume.TOMO seems significantly better than VMAT and IMRT in protecting normal tissue.

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The VMAT plan is better than TOMO and IMRT in terms of the conformal degree and dose uniformity of the target volume.TOMO seems significantly better than VMAT and IMRT in protecting normal tissue.

Key concepts: Tomotherapy, Medicine, Radiation therapy, Nuclear medicine, Lung cancer, Esophageal cancer, Cancer, Radiology

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