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Couch rotation technique for treatment of head and neck cancer
1Radiation Oncology Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Abstract:
This paper reviews a technique for patients with head and neck cancer that achieves adequate inferior margins on the lateral ports by rotating the treatment couch. This technique has the advantage of avoiding multiple ports in an area of high risk or over a tumor mass.