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Inverse planned stereotactic intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the palliative treatment of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura: the Heidelberg experience.

Münter MW, Christian T, Anna N, Simeon N, Jürgen D

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. marc.muenter@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is a new promising treatment technique, which allows a more conformal application of the dose to the tumor volume, as compared to conventional radio-oncological approaches, while protecting the surrounding normal tissue more accurately. This manuscript presents the final results of IMRT in the treatment of unresectable pleural mesothelioma in Heidelberg.

Published 13 June 2005 in Lung Cancer, 49: S83-6.
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