Assessment of set-up errors in the radiotherapy of patients with head and neck cancer: standard vs. individual head support

Abstract

The aim of the study was to (a) compare the accuracy of two different immobilization strategies for patients with head and neck tumors, and (b) compare the set-up errors on treatment units with different portal imaging systems.

Keywords

• head and neck radiotherapy
• immobilization
• head support
• set-up errors