Is noncoplanar plan more robust to inter-fractional variations than coplanar plan in treating bilateral HN tumors with pencil-beam scanning proton beams?
ByongYong YiJenna JatczakWei DengYannick P PoirierWeiguang YaoMatthew E WitekJason K MolitorisMark J ZakharyBaoshe ZhangNrusingh C BiswalMatthew J FerrisSina MossahebiPublished in: Journal of applied clinical medical physics (2023)
NCPs are not more robust to IV than CPs when treating bilateral HN tumors with pencil-beam scanning proton beams. CPs showed plan quality and robustness similar to NCPs while reduced treatment time (∼6 min). This suggests that CPs may be a more efficient planning technique for bilateral HN cancer proton therapy.