The price of robustness; impact of worst-case optimization on organ-at-risk dose and complication probability in intensity-modulated proton therapy for oropharyngeal cancer patients.

CONCLUSIONS: For oropharyngeal cancer patients, minimizing setup errors should be given a higher priority than minimizing range errors. PMID: 27178142 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27178142?dopt=Abstract

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - May 9, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: van de Water S, van Dam I, Schaart DR, Al-Mamgani A, Heijmen BJ, Hoogeman MS Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research