Clinical application of multimodality imaging in radiotherapy treatment planning for rectal cancer
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Clinical application of multimodality imaging in radiotherapy treatment planning for rectal cancer
Radiotherapy plays an important role in the treatment of rectal cancer. Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy are mainstay techniques of radiotherapy for rectal cancer. However, the success of these techniques is heavily reliant on accurate target delineation and treatment planning. Computed tomography simulation is a cornerstone of rectal cancer radiothe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Imaging
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1470-7330
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2013.0046