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Review
. 2011 Nov 30:11:503.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-503.

Ten years of progress in radiation oncology

Dirk Vordermark  1
Affiliations
Review

Ten years of progress in radiation oncology

Dirk Vordermark. BMC Cancer. .

Abstract

Over the last decade, BMC Cancer has continuously published important research from the field of radiation oncology. Major developments in this field include the introduction of new imaging modalities into radiotherapy planning, the availability of hardware and software for more precise delivery of radiation dose, the individualization of radiotherapy concepts, for example, based on microarray data, and the combination of radiotherapy with molecular targeting approaches to overcome the radioresistance of tumor cells.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Visualization of three gold markers implanted into the prostate on a reconstructed CT image. The prostate itself is not visible, but the three intraprostatic markers can be used for daily image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) with online adaptation of the beams to the current prostate position.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) dose distribution for prostate cancer in a sagittal CT reconstruction.
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