8
PTV pathological lymph nodes
CBCT 1
st
treatment
CBCT 24
th
treatment
PTV (blue)
GTV on 10 CBCT (red)
Anne Ramlov, Radiother Oncol, in press
Assumption:
Lymph nodes are in a relatively fixed relation to bony anatomy
Bony registration aligns pathological lymph node target
Most often pathological lymph nodes shrink during RT