Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Clinical Evidence and Techniques /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nishimura, Yasumasa (Editor), Komaki, Ritsuko (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medical and Radiation Physics.

Successful clinical use of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) represents a significant advance in radiation oncology. Because IMRT can deliver high-dose radiation to a target with a reduced dose to the surrounding organs, it can improve the local control rate and reduce toxicities associat...