简介:Radiotherapyisacommontreatmentmodalityforheadandneckcancers,nasopharyngealcancers,primarybraintumorsandbrainmetastases.Alargenumberofpatientsintheworldwithprimaryormetastaticbraintumorswillrequirelargevolumeorwholebrainirradiationeveryyear.However,therapeuticirradiationnotonlykillstumorcells,butalsoinjuresnormalbraintissue,whichiscommonlyassociatedwithsignificantfunctionalmorbidityanddecreasedqualityoflifeinpatientstreatedwithbrainradiotherapy[1].