Implementation of a Knowledge-Based Treatment Planning Model for Cardiac-Sparing Lung Radiation Therapy
Purpose: High radiation doses to the heart have been correlated with poor overall survival in patients receiving radiation therapy for stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We built a knowledge-based planning (KBP) tool to limit the dose to the heart during creation of volumetric modulated a...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-11-01
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Series: | Advances in Radiation Oncology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109421001032 |