Considerations regarding carotid artery dose in radiotherapy of the cervical spine
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/30651Dato
2023-11-08Type
Journal articleTidsskriftartikkel
Peer reviewed
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Radiation to the carotid arteries, e.g. in the context of head and neck cancer treatment, is one of several risk factors for artery stenosis. In principle, this fact may also have implications for stereotactic cervical spine radiotherapy, because long-term survival can be achieved in patients with oligometastatic disease and favorable prognostic features. Here, we suggest that radiation dose distributions with reduced dose to the carotid artery are achievable when planning stereotactic cervical spine radiotherapy. Patients with high likelihood of long-term survival may benefit from such vessel-sparing approaches.
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ElsevierSitering
Nieder, Grant. Considerations regarding carotid artery dose in radiotherapy of the cervical spine. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 2023;38:77-80Metadata
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