Published November 2007
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Journal article
Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases with TomoTherapy
- 1. Hokuto Medical Corp., Hokuto Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido (Japan)
- 2. Nagoya City Univ., Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi (Japan)
Description
TomoTherapy is a recently-developed revolutionary new high-tech system to deliver conformal radiation therapy to cancer patients. It looks like a large CT scanner, and delivers helical slice intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). The first unit in Japan was installed at Hokuto Hospital, and began treating patients in late August 2005. We treated many patients not only for primary malignant neoplasm but also for bone metastases. TomoTherapy could deliver high quality radiation both as curative and as palliative therapy, and found its usefulness. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Rinsho Hoshasen
- Journal Volume
- 52
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1691-1698
- ISSN
- 0009-9252
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 39020883
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARCINOMAS; CAT SCANNING; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION; METASTASES; PATIENTS; PLANNING; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; SKELETON; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTIMETABOLITES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DOSES; DRUGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEDICINE; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY