[French national evaluation for helicoidal tomotherapy: description of indications, dose constraints and set-up margins]

Cancer Radiother. 2007 Nov;11(6-7):331-7. doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2007.09.006. Epub 2007 Oct 24.
[Article in French]

Abstract

After a request for proposal initiated by National Institute against cancer (INCa) in 2005, three French centers in France started tomotherapy in the first semester of 2007. A national policy of evaluation was performed to study the feasibility of this innovative technique and to compare the interest of helicoidal tomotherapy with other modalities of conformal therapy. Common protocols have been designed to facilitate this evaluation. Description of dose, IMRT levels and constraints are achieved according to each selected indication as: sarcoma, head and neck tumors, lung cancer, mesothelioma, bone metastases, anal carcinoma and craniospinal irradiation.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Cranial Irradiation / methods
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
  • Radiotherapy, Conformal / adverse effects
  • Radiotherapy, Conformal / methods*
  • Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / adverse effects
  • Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / methods
  • Risk Factors
  • Sex Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed / methods*