Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 86, Issue 2 , Pages 251-257 , February 2008

Evaluating target coverage and normal tissue sparing in the adjuvant radiotherapy of malignant pleural mesothelioma: Helical tomotherapy compared with step-and-shoot IMRT

  • Florian Sterzing

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Florian Sterzing, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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  • Gabriele Sroka-Perez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Kai Schubert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Marc W. Münter

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Christian Thieke

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Peter Huber

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Jürgen Debus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Klaus K. Herfarth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Received 25 February 2007 ,Revised 8 December 2007 ,Accepted 11 December 2007.

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PII: S0167-8140(07)00661-5

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.12.010

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 86, Issue 2 , Pages 251-257 , February 2008

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