Prospects for online adaptive radiation therapy (ART) for head and neck cancer.
Maja GuberinaNika GuberinaC HoffmannA GogishviliF FreislebenA HerzJ HlouschekT GaulerS LangK StährB HöingC PöttgenF IndenkämpenA SantiagoA KhouyaS MattheisM StuschkePublished in: Radiation oncology (London, England) (2024)
The mobile tongue and tongue base showed considerable interfractional variations. While PTV-margins of 5 mm were sufficient for IGRT, ART showed the potential of decreasing PTV-margins and spare dose to the organs-at-risk.