Validated guidelines for tumor delineation on magnetic resonance imaging for laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: In clinical radiotherapy practice, the delineated GTV on MRI is twice as large as the tumor volume. Validated delineation guidelines lead to a significant decrease in the overestimation of the tumor volume.
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Source: Acta Oncologica - September 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jager EA, Ligtenberg H, Caldas-Magalhaes J, Schakel T, Philippens ME, Pameijer FA, Kasperts N, Willems SM, Terhaard CH, Raaijmakers CP Tags: Acta Oncol Source Type: research