Evaluating the Dosimetric Characteristics of Radiation Therapies according to Head Elevation Angle for Head and Neck Tumors

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14 We would like to thank Yongnam Kang, Ph.D. and Hong-Seok Jang, M.D. in the Department of the Radiation Oncology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital for a valuable advice of treatment planning and IRB process. This research was supported by the Mid-career Researcher Program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (MSIP) of Korea (NRF2014R1A2A1A10050270) and by the Radiation Technology R&D program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (No. 2013M2A2A 7038291). Received 29 February 2016, Revised 15 March 2016, Accepted 18 March 2016 Correspondence: Tae-Suk Suh (suhsanta@catholic.ac.kr) Tel: 82-2-2258-7232, Fax: 82-2-2258-7506 cc This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Evaluating the Dosimetric Characteristics of Radiation Therapies according to Head Elevation Angle for Head and Neck Tumors