Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 250-255, Autumn 2009

The Effect of Significant Tumor Reduction on the Dose Distribution in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Head-And-Neck Cancer: A Case Study

Presented in part at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Philadelphia, PA, November 5-9, 2006.

  • James Mechalakos, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: James Mechalakos, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Medical Physics, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
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  • Nancy Lee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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  • Margie Hunt, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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  • C. Clifton Ling, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA
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  • Howard I. Amols, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Received 2 July 2008; accepted 23 October 2008. published online 22 December 2008.

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PII: S0958-3947(08)00166-0

doi:10.1016/j.meddos.2008.10.004

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 250-255, Autumn 2009

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