A prospective study of differences in duodenum compared to remaining small bowel motion between radiation treatments: Implications for radiation dose escalation in carcinoma of the pancreas

Anurag K. Singh,Ryan M. Tierney,Daniel A. Low,Parag J. Parikh,Robert J. Myerson,Joseph O. Deasy,Catherine Wu,G Pereira,Sasha H. Wahab,Sasa Mutic Ms,Perry W. Grigsby,A Hope

A prospective study of differences in duodenum compared to remaining small bowel motion between radiation treatments: Implications for radiation dose escalation in carcinoma of the pancreas

2006

Anurag K. Singh
Ryan M. Tierney
Daniel A. Low
Parag J. Parikh
Robert J. Myerson
Joseph O. Deasy
Catherine Wu
G Pereira
Sasha H. Wahab
Sasa Mutic Ms
Perry W. Grigsby
A Hope

Purpose As a foundation for a dose escalation trial, we sought to characterize duodenal and non-duodenal small bowel organ motion between fractions of pancreatic radiation therapy.

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Medical physics
Dose-volume histogram
Carcinoma
Prospective cohort study
Duodenum
Radiology
Computed tomography
Organ Motion
Pancreas
Radiation therapy
Medicine
radiation dose
dose escalation

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