Landmark-based auto-contouring of clinical target volumes for radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal cancer.

Carlos SjogreenTucker J NethertonAnna LeeMoaaz SolimanSkylar S GayCallistus NguyenRaymond MummeIvan VazquezDong Joo RheeCarlos E CardenasMary K MartelBeth M BeadleLaurence Edward Court

Published in: Journal of applied clinical medical physics (2024)

The study demonstrates the ability of an auto-contouring tool to reliably delineate nasopharyngeal CTVs based on protocol guidelines. The tool was found to be clinically acceptable by two H&N radiation oncology physicians in at least 90% of the cases.

Keyphrases

weight loss
primary care
papillary thyroid
early stage
randomized controlled trial
squamous cell
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation induced
young adults