A practical technique to avoid the hippocampus in prophylactic cranial irradiation for lung cancer.
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Abstract
A practical technique is presented to deliver hippocampus avoiding prophylactic cranial irradiation for lung cancer patients, using two lateral fields. For a prescribed dose of 12×2.5 Gy, sparing of the hippocampi to 6.1 Gy was achieved with a V95% of the brain of 81.7%.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cranial Irradiation
- Hippocampus
- Lung Neoplasms
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted