Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Radiation Oncology cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: " Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the treatment of children and Adolescents - a single institution's experience and a review of the literature. | Radiation Oncology BioMed Central Open Access Intensity modulated radiotherapy IMRT in the treatment of children and Adolescents - a single institution s experience and a review of the literature Florian Sterzing 1 Eva M Stoiber1 Simeon Nill2 Harald Bauer3 Peter Huber2 Jurgen Debus1 and Marc W Munter1 Address Department of Radiation Oncology University of Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany 2Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology German Cancer Research Center dkfz Heidelberg Germany and 3Department of Anaesthesiology University of Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany Email Florian Sterzing - Eva M Stoiber - Simeon Nill - Harald Bauer - Peter Huber - Jurgen Debus - Marc W Munter - Corresponding author Published 23 September 2009 Received 23 May 2009 Accepted 23 September 2009 RadiationOncology 2009 4 37 doi 1748-717X-4-37 This article is available from http content 4 1 37 2009 Sterzing et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background While IMRT is widely used in treating complex oncological cases in adults it is not commonly used in pediatric radiation oncology for a variety of reasons. This report evaluates our 9 year experience using stereotactic-guided inverse planned intensity-modulated radiotherapy IMRT in children and adolescents in the context of the current literature. Methods Between 1999 and 2008 thirty-one children and adolescents with a mean age of years - were treated with IMRT in our department. This heterogeneous group of patients consisted of 20
