title: Couch rotation technique for treatment of head and neck cancer.
abstract: This paper reviews a technique for patients with head and neck cancer that achieves adequate inferior margins on the lateral ports by rotating the treatment couch. This technique has the advantage of avoiding multiple ports in an area of high risk or over a tumor mass.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Oncology Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63110.
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Devineni
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Keisch
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000379:methods*