Differences in delineation guidelines for head and neck cancer result in inconsistent reported dose and corresponding NTCP

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 148-152

  Brouwer, Charlotte L ^a   Steenbakkers, Roel J H M ^a   Gort, Elske ^a   Kamphuis, Marije E ^a   Van Der Laan, Hans Paul ^a   Van'T Veld, Aart A ^a   Sijtsema, Nanna M ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delineation guidelines; Head and neck; Interobserver variability; NTCP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ORGANS AT RISK; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SWALLOWING ORGANS AT RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; LARYNX TUMOR; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION RESPONSE; STANDARDS; SWALLOWING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANS AT RISK; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902123198     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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