Small-spot intensity-modulated proton therapy and volumetric-modulated arc therapies for patients with locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: A dosimetric comparative study

Chenbin Liu,Terence T. Sio,Wei Deng,Jie Shan,Thomas B. Daniels,William G. Rule,Pedro R. Lara,Shawn M. Korte,Jiajian Shen,Xiaoning Ding,Steven E. Schild,Martin Bues,Wei Liu

Small-spot intensity-modulated proton therapy and volumetric-modulated arc therapies for patients with locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: A dosimetric comparative study

2018

Chenbin Liu
Terence T. Sio
Wei Deng
Jie Shan
Thomas B. Daniels
William G. Rule
Pedro R. Lara
Shawn M. Korte
Jiajian Shen
Xiaoning Ding
Steven E. Schild
Martin Bues
Wei Liu

Purpose To compare dosimetric performance of volumetric‐modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and small‐spot intensity‐modulated proton therapy for stage III non‐small‐cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Keywords:

Cell
Nuclear medicine
Proton therapy
Lung cancer
Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapies
Medicine
non small cell
locally advanced
dose homogeneity
planning target volume
spot intensity

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