Definitive treatment to pyriform sinus with minimum cord exposure--a case report.
In every Radiation Oncology Department there is a group of patients referred for curative radiotherapy and within this group of patients there is a subset of patients who present the most difficult of treatment scenarios, maximum tumor dose and minimum spinal cord dose. The case to be presented involved the use of a head and neck five field technique of which three fields were treated isocentrically with the remaining two fields being electron boosts. It is from these patients that we extend to the maximum our planning capabilities.
Knister
J R
JR
Oregon Health Sciences University, Department of Radiation Therapy, Portland.
Garcia
R R
RR
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D011881:Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000379:methods*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000528:radiation effects*