Automated VMAT planning for postoperative adjuvant treatment of advanced gastric cancer

Automated VMAT planning for postoperative adjuvant treatment of advanced gastric cancer

Abstract Background Postoperative/adjuvant radiotherapy of advanced gastric cancer involves a large planning target volume (PTV) with multi-concave shapes which presents a challenge for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) planning. This study investigates the advantages of automated VMAT plannin...

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Main Authors: Abdul Wahab M. Sharfo, Florian Stieler, Oskar Kupfer, Ben J. M. Heijmen, Maarten L. P. Dirkx, Sebastiaan Breedveld, Frederik Wenz, Frank Lohr, Judit Boda-Heggemann, Daniel Buergy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
VMAT
Automated planning
NTCP
Gastric cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1032-z

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