Can the Risk of Dysphagia in Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Be Predicted by an Automated Transit Fluence Monitoring Process During Treatment? A First Comparative Study of Patient Reported Quality of Life and the Fluence-Based Decision Support Metric.

Seng Boh LimNancy LeeKaveh ZakeriPeter GreerTodsaporn FuangrodFrederick CoffmanLaura CerviñoD Michael Lovelock

Published in: Technology in cancer research & treatment (2021)

A transit fluence based decision support metric (DSM) is statistically correlated with the dysphagia risk. It can not only be used as an early signal in assisting clinicians in the ART patient selection for replanning, but also lowers the resource barrier of ART implementation.

Keyphrases

patient reported
radiation therapy
hiv infected
primary care
antiretroviral therapy
healthcare
case report
palliative care
quality improvement