Impact of monitor unit optimization in volumetric modulated arc therapy planning for nasopharyngeal carcinoma - Zeng, Huaqu; Li, Zhen; Chen, Zongyou; Tang, Shukui; Lin, Qifu; Zhong, Minzhi; Wen, Zunbei (PloS one, 2025)
Keywords: Adult; Algorithms; Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Brain stem; Carcinoma - radiotherapy; Care and treatment; Demographic aspects; Diagnosis; Dosimetry; Efficiency; Exocrine glands; Female; Humans; Male; Mathematical optimization; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - radiotherapy; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Optimization; Organs at Risk - radiation effects; Parameters; Patient outcomes; Patients; Physical Sciences; Pituitary gland; Planning; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy Dosage; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - methods; Retrospective Studies; Salivary glands; Spinal cord; Statistical analysis; Thyroid; Thyroid gland; China; Palo Alto California; United States--US