title: [What is the impact of new radiotherapy techniques?].
abstract: Radiation oncology, along with surgery and chemotherapy, is one of the cornerstones in the treatment of head and neck tumors. Within the last years, this field has experienced a remarkable evolution of new technical possibilities. New imaging modalities have been introduced into radiation planning and into linear accelerators themselves. In addition, new techniques enable the tailor-made conformation of radiation beams and dose distributions to complex tumor geometries. At the same time, organs at risk can be spared, and long-term toxicities are considerably reduced. This report presents the new techniques in radiation oncology and describes the effects on new treatment options and patients' quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Radioonkologie und Strahlentherapie, Universitätsklinikum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg. florian.sterzing@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sterzing
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Münter
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Stoiber
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Herfarth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Debus
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000639:trends*; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000639:trends*; D011881:Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000639:trends*; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000639:trends*