Anatomical change during radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, and its effect on delivered dose to the spinal cord.

CONCLUSIONS: Differences between delivered and planned spinal cord D2% are small in patients treated with daily IG. Even patients experiencing substantial weight loss or anatomical change during treatment do not require adaptive replanning for spinal cord safety.
PMID: 30049455 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - July 23, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Noble DJ, Yeap PL, Seah SYK, Harrison K, Shelley LEA, Romanchikova M, Bates AM, Zheng Y, Barnett GC, Benson RJ, Jefferies SJ, Thomas SJ, Jena R, Burnet NG Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research