title: Tomotherapy planning of small brain tumours.
abstract: Helical tomotherapy (HT) combines a rotating intensity modulated fan beam with integrated CT imaging for high precision radiotherapy. HT plans for 12 patients with small brain tumours were compared with five other radiotherapy techniques. Proton techniques gave overall the best results, while HT was shown to produce better target dose uniformity (average SD=1.3%) and kept irradiation of organs at risk as good as other photon methods.
authors.affiliation: London Regional Cancer Centre, 790 Commissioners Rd East, London, Ont., Canada N6A 4L6.
authors.forename: Slav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yartsev
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kron
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cozzi
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fogliata
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bauman
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D061766:Proton Therapy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D011522:Protons
chemical_list: D011522:Protons