We compared the treatment outcomes, toxicities and prognoses of patients with stage IE-IIE extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL) treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) or three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT). Newly diagnosed early-stage ENKTL patients (N = 173) were enrolled and received extended involved-field radiotherapy following induction chemotherapy....

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to assess a possible dosimetric advantage of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of upper abdominal malignancies compared to three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT), and to assess the impact of IMRT on acute toxicity. METHODS Thirty-one unselected consecutive patients with upper abdominal malignancies were treated with definitive (n =16) or p...

Purpose: To compare the dose distribution of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT) with intensity-modulated (IMRT) for post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) to left chest wall. Materials and Methods: 30 post-MRM female breast cancer patients histologically confirmed infiltrating ductal carcinoma unilateral without evidence distant metastasis or second malignancy were found eligibl...

OBJECTIVE We compare different dosimetric parameters in cervical cancer patients receiving concurrent chemotherapy and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) or intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and explore the incidence of hematological toxicity (HT) in these patients. METHODS Twenty patients receiving 3DCRT or IMRT and 4 weekly doses of cisplatin (25 mg/m/w) were studie...

OBJECTIVE The current study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and outcomes of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) combined with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for treating patients with hepatocellular carcinoma involving portal vein tumor thrombus. METHODS Between January 2000 and December 2013, a total of 182 hepatocellular carcinoma patients with portal vein tumor thrombus...

PURPOSE The validity of tomotherapy-based simultaneous integrated boost (TOMOSIB) was assessed in terms of acute intestinal/urinary toxicity by comparing with 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) in cases of whole-pelvis radiation therapy (WPRT) for prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-eight consecutive patients who underwent curative WPRT were retrospectively reviewed. Twent...

INTRODUCTION There are no adequate data to determine whether intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is superior to three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This meta-analysis was conducted to compare the clinical outcomes of IMRT and 3DCRT in the treatment of NSCLC. METHODS No exclusions were made based on types of study design....

ID: 3490 Title: Non-Tumor Integral Dose in Conformal, External Beam Radiation Therapy Purpose: To investigate the computed non-tumor integral dose (NTID) delivered during treatment of prostate cancer with intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) compared to three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT). Low and highenergy photon treatments were also evaluated in this study, as was helical tom...

Treatment of the internal mammary chain (IMC) with radiation therapy (RT) for patients with breast cancer remains a controversial issue. Different treatment techniques have been proposed, including oblique electrons, electron-photon combination, and partially wide tangents (PWTs). However, the residual heart dose can remain significant mainly for left-sided lesions. With PWTs and intensity-modu...

BACKGROUND To compare two strategies of dynamic intensity modulated radiation therapy (dIMRT) with 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT) in the setting of hypofractionated high-risk prostate cancer treatment. METHODS 3DCRT and dIMRT/Helical Tomotherapy(HT) planning with 10 CT datasets was undertaken to deliver 68 Gy in 25 fractions (prostate) and simultaneously delivering 45 Gy in...