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UK adaptive radiotherapy practices for head and neck cancer patients.
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- Daily adaptive radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma can negatively impact organ at risk dosimetry.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Few-shot CBCT-based synthetic CT generation with denoising diffusion probabilistic model.Medical physics · 2025Article
- Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Oral Cancer: A Scoping Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Adaptive radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: The importance of reduced margins.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2025Article
- A multi-center survey on adaptive radiation therapy for head and neck cancer in Malaysia.Physical and engineering sciences in medicine · 2023Article
- Fan beam CT-guided online adaptive external radiotherapy of uterine cervical cancer: a dosimetric evaluation.BMC cancer · 2023Article
- Criteria for Verification and Replanning Based on the Adaptive Radiotherapy Protocol "Best for Adaptive Radiotherapy" in Head and Neck Cancer.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo provide evidence on the extent and manner in which adaptive practices have been employed in the UK and identify the main barriers for the clinical implementation of adaptive radiotherapy (ART) in head and neck (HN) cancer cases.
methodsIn December 2019, a Supplementary Material 1, of 23 questions, was sent to all UK radiotherapy centres (67). This covered general information to current ART practices and perceived barriers to implementation.
results31 centres responded (46%). 56% responding centres employed ART for between 10 and 20 patients/annum. 96% of respondents were using CBCT either alone or with other modalities for assessing "weight loss" and "shell gap," which were the main reasons for ART. Adaptation usually occurs at week three or four during the radiotherapy treatment. 25 responding centres used an online image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) approach and 20 used an offline
conclusionThere is no consensus in adaptive practice for HN cancer patients across the UK. For those centres not employing ART, similar clinical implementation barriers were identified. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: An insight into contemporary UK practices of ART for HN cancer patients indicating national guidance for ART implementation for HN cancer patients may be required.
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