Quality of life and toxicity guided treatment plan optimisation for head and neck cancer

CONCLUSION: Semi-automatic QOL-weighted NTCP-guided VMAT treatment plan optimisation is feasible. It prioritised sparing of OARs related to high-impact toxicities and symptoms and resulted in a systematic improvement of predicted QOL compared to conventional VMAT.PMID:34237344 | DOI:10.1016/j.radonc.2021.06.035

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - July 8, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Hans Paul van der Laan Arjen van der Schaaf Lisa Van den Bosch Erik W Korevaar Roel J H M Steenbakkers Stefan Both Johannes A Langendijk Source Type: research