Intensity-modulated radiation therapy: First reported treatment in Australasia.
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is an exciting new advance in the practice of radiation oncology. It is the use of non-uniform radiation beams to achieve conformal dose distributions. As a result of the high initial capital costs and the time and complexity of planning, IMRT is not yet a widely available clinical treatment option. We describe the process involved in applying this new technology to a case of locally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer.
Corry
June
J
Division of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrews Place, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia. jcorry@petermac.unimelb.edu.au
Hope
Geoff
G
Cramb
Jim
J
Smylie
Jo
J
Joon
Daryl Lim
DL
Towns
Sam
S
Archer
Paul
P
Henkul
Zoltan
Z
Wills
Julie
J
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000639:trends; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal