Decision Trees Predicting Tumor Shrinkage for Head and Neck Cancer: Implications for Adaptive Radiotherapy.

CONCLUSIONS: There can be significant changes in primary and nodal tumor volumes during the course of H&N chemoradiotherapy. Considering the proposed decision trees, radiation oncologists can select patients predicted to have high %GTVΔ, who would theoretically gain the most benefit from adaptive radiotherapy, in order to better use limited clinical resources. PMID: 25731804 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment - March 2, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Surucu M, Shah KK, Mescioglu I, Roeske JC, Small W, Choi M, Emami B Tags: Technol Cancer Res Treat Source Type: research