Research Masterclass in Radiotherapy Physics 2017

Current treatment plans are often (much) further from optimality than we know or think! 

How do I know: ‐ Literature ‐ Systematic comparisons of clinical plans with automatically generated plans using Erasmus‐iCycle

 Bad for patients:

- inadequate coverage - excessive OAR dose  Sub-optimal use of expensive resources

Head and Neck cancer

in 97% of cases the automatic plan was selected by physician for treatment

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013; 85(3): 866-72.

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