Total Body Irradiation (TBI) using Helical Tomotherapy in children and young adults undergoing stem cell transplantation
Open Access
- 15 April 2013
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Radiation Oncology
- Vol. 8 (1), 92
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-717x-8-92
Abstract
Establishing Total Body Irradiation (TBI) using Helical Tomotherapy (HT) to gain better control over dose distribution and homogeneity and to individually spare organs at risk. Because of their limited body length the technique seems especially eligible in juvenile patients.Keywords
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