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10436902

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
The development of computers and computer-controlled devices has, on the whole, had a profound impact on how things are accomplished in our industrialized society, and this is true for radiation therapy as well. In most issues of Medical Physics there are papers describing how computer-controlled accelerators and multi-leaf collimators used in combination with advanced treatment-planning systems, which in turn require multiple CT or MRI scans, can produce more uniform and precisely defined dose distributions limited to the treatment volume, and thereby permit larger tumor doses. The inherent assumption underlying this so-called Conformal Therapy is that its introduction will result in higher cure rates; however, there is scant evidence to support this assumption, and it is possible that the reverse may be true. It is recommended that randomized/prospective trials of this new technology be undertaken before it becomes so widespread that such an evaluation is no longer possible.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0094-2405
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1007-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Further improvements in dose distributions are unlikely to affect cure rates.
pubmed:affiliation
schulz@pshift.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article