Effect of Non-Delineated Normal Volumes in IMRT Treatment for Left Breast Cancer: A Treatment Planning Study
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53308#.VLyjJsnQrzE Author(s) Tamer Dawod 1 , Sabbah I. Hammoury 2* , Mostafa Elnaggar 3 , Mustafa Kamal 4 Affiliation(s) 1 Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt . 2 Medical Physics Department, Alexandria Ayadi Almostakbl Oncology Center (AAAOC), Alexandria, Egypt . 3 Department of Cancer Management and Research Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt . 4 Metal Physics Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt . ABSTRACT Introduction: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) planning dose calculation process depends on IMRT dose constraints. So, if there was any structure along the treatment beam path not delineated, it would not be taken into account during that calculation process. During IMRT rout...