title: [French national evaluation for helicoidal tomotherapy: description of indications, dose constraints and set-up margins].
abstract: After a request for proposal initiated by National Institute against cancer (INCa) in 2005, three French centers in France started tomotherapy in the first semester of 2007. A national policy of evaluation was performed to study the feasibility of this innovative technique and to compare the interest of helicoidal tomotherapy with other modalities of conformal therapy. Common protocols have been designed to facilitate this evaluation. Description of dose, IMRT levels and constraints are achieved according to each selected indication as: sarcoma, head and neck tumors, lung cancer, mesothelioma, bone metastases, anal carcinoma and craniospinal irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiothérapie, Institut Bergonié, 229, Cours de l'Argonne, 33076, Bordeaux Cedex, France. kantor@bergonie.org
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kantor
authors.forename: M-A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mahé
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giraud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alapetite
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Durdux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fourquet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Le Prisé
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Maire
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richaud
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vendrely
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caron
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dejean
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lisbona
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Munos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zefkili
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D016371:Cranial Irradiation / Q000379:methods; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*