Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 180-191 , November 2008

A treatment planning study comparing volumetric arc modulation with RapidArc and fixed field IMRT for cervix uteri radiotherapy

  • Luca Cozzi

      Affiliations

    • Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Medical Physics Unit, Bellinzona, Switzerland
    • University of Lausanne, Faculty of Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cozzi Luca, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Radiation Oncology Department, Medical Physics Unit, 6504 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
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  • Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology & Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Shyam Kishore Shrivastava

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology & Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Umesh Mahantshetty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology & Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Reena Engineer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology & Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Deepak Dattatray Deshpande

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology & Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • S.V. Jamema

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology & Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Eugenio Vanetti

      Affiliations

    • Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Medical Physics Unit, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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  • Alessandro Clivio

      Affiliations

    • Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Medical Physics Unit, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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  • Giorgia Nicolini

      Affiliations

    • Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Medical Physics Unit, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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  • Antonella Fogliata

      Affiliations

    • Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Medical Physics Unit, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Received 22 April 2008 ,Revised 12 June 2008 ,Accepted 19 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.06.013

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 180-191 , November 2008

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