Cardiac substructure-guided radiotherapy planning significantly decreased the NTCP of the heart while maintaining doses to other organs, enhancing clinical plan quality.
Does a cardiac substructure-guided radiotherapy plan reduce radiation dose to sensitive cardiac substructures and lower modeled complication probability compared to conventional IMRT in patients with esophageal cancer?
A novel radiotherapy planning strategy targeting specific cardiac substructures significantly reduces radiation exposure to sensitive areas like the LAD and lowers modeled heart complication risk in esophageal cancer patients without compromising tumor coverage.
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The research shows that the novel method for protecting sensitive cardiac substructures can effectively reduce the dose of cardiac substructures without significantly increasing the dose of other organs at risk (OARs). By delineating sensitive cardiac substructures, it could significantly decrease the NTCP of the heart while increasing TCP of the target, thereby improving the quality of clinical plans.
Shao et al. (Tue,) reported a other. Cardiac substructure-guided radiotherapy planning significantly decreased the NTCP of the heart while maintaining doses to other organs, enhancing clinical plan quality.