Publications by authors named "Silpa Jayakumar"
Volumetric modulated arc therapy for prostate cancer patients with hip prosthesis.
Rep Pract Oncol Radiother
January 2014
Aim: To study the use of RapidArc techniques in the treatment of prostate cancer patients with hip prosthesis.
Background: An important aspect of treatment planning is to achieve dose homogeneity inside the planning target volume (PTV). Especially for those patients presenting with hip prosthesis, it becomes a challenging task to achieve dose uniformity inside the PTV.