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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy: First reported treatment in Australasia
June Corry1, Geoff Hope, Jim Cramb
1Division of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrews Place, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia. jcorry@petermac.unimelb.edu.au
Australasian Radiology
|August 28, 2002
Abstract:
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is an exciting new advance in the practice of radiation oncology. It is the use of non-uniform radiation beams to achieve conformal dose distributions. As a result of the high initial capital costs and the time and complexity of planning, IMRT is not yet a widely available clinical treatment option. We describe the process involved in applying this new technology to a case of locally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer.