title: Technical guidelines for head and neck cancer IMRT on behalf of the Italian association of radiation oncology - head and neck working group.
abstract: Performing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) on head and neck cancer patients (HNCPs) requires robust training and experience. Thus, in 2011, the Head and Neck Cancer Working Group (HNCWG) of the Italian Association of Radiation Oncology (AIRO) organized a study group with the aim to run a literature review to outline clinical practice recommendations, to suggest technical solutions and to advise target volumes and doses selection for head and neck cancer IMRT. The main purpose was therefore to standardize the technical approach of radiation oncologists in this context. The following paper describes the results of this working group. Volumes, techniques/strategies and dosage were summarized for each head-and-neck site and subsite according to international guidelines or after reaching a consensus in case of weak literature evidence.
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia AO Ospedale di Circolo-Busto Arsizio (VA), Piazzale Professor G. Solaro, 3, 21052, Busto Arsizio, VA, Italy. anna.merlotti@virgilio.it.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merlotti
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia IEO-Milano, Milan, Italy. daniela.alterio@ieo.it.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alterio
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia Az. Ospedaliera S. Croce e Carle-Cuneo, via M. Coppino 26 12100, Cuneo, Italy. vigna.r@ospedale.cuneo.it.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vigna-Taglianti
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova AO-Reggio Emilia, Emilia, Italy. Alessandro.Muraglia@asmn.re.it.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muraglia
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia PO S.Donato-AUSL-Arezzo, Arezzo, Italy. l.lastrucci@usl8.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lastrucci
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia Azienda Ospedaliera ASL Napoli 1-Napoli, Napoli, Italy. robertomanzo@inwind.it.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manzo
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia A.O.U. Maggiore della Carità-Novara, Novara, Italy. giusegambaro@alice.it.
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gambaro
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia Ospedale Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina-Roma, Roma, Italy. fabriori@libero.it.
authors.forename: Orietta
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Caspiani
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia Policlinico Universitario 'A.Gemelli'-Roma, Roma, Italy. francesco.micciche@rm.unicatt.it.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miccichè
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia Università Cattolica del S. Cuore -Campobasso, Roma, Italy. fdeodato@rm.unicatt.it.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deodato
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento SBIMOF Sezione di Scienze Radiologiche, Università di Messina, Piazza Pugliatti Salvatore, 1, 98122, Messina, ME, Italy. stefano.pergolizzi@unime.it.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pergolizzi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Oncologia, Radioterapia Oncologica, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy. pierfrancesco.franco@unito.it.
authors.forename: Pierfrancesco
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.affiliation: Oncologia Radioterapica, IRCS S. Martino-IST- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Università Genova, Genova, Italy. renzo.corvo@unige.it.
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corvò
authors.affiliation: Radioterapia Az. Ospedaliera S. Croce e Carle-Cuneo, via M. Coppino 26 12100, Cuneo, Italy. elviorussi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Elvio G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Russi
authors.affiliation: UOC Radioterapia Istituto Tumori Regina Elena Roma (RM), Roma, Italy. gsangui1@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sanguineti
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / Q000379:methods*