Dosimetric comparison of volumetric modulated arc therapy and three dimensional conformal radiotherapy in the adjuvant setting for the management of gastric cancer: target volume coverage and normal tissue sparing

.............................................................................................................................. 4 List of Figures and Tables .............................................................................................. 6 Abbreviations .................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 8 Literature Review .......................................................................................................... 10 Methods ............................................................................................................................. 20 Results ................................................................................................................................ 24 Discussion ......................................................................................................................... 32 Competing interests ...................................................................................................... 35 Authors contributions .................................................................................................. 36 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................... 37 References ........................................................................................................................ 38 Appendix A: Ethics Approval ...................................................................................... 42 Appendix B: Instructions for Authors Radiation Oncology Journal ........... 43