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The Application and Development of Deep Learning in Radiotherapy: A Systematic Review.

Danju Huang, Han Bai, Li Wang, Yu Hou, Lan Li, Yaoxiong Xia, Zhirui Yan, Wenrui Chen, Li Chang, Wenhui Li

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Synthesis in Technology in cancer research & treatment. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Systematic review of artificial intelligence in brachytherapy.Journal of contemporary brachytherapy · 2026
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  9. Deep learning for autosegmentation for radiotherapy treatment planning: State-of-the-art and novel perspectives.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Danju HuangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, 531840The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Han BaiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, 531840The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Li WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, 531840The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Yu HouDepartment of Radiation Oncology, 531840The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Lan LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, 531840The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Yaoxiong XiaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, 531840The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Zhirui YanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, 531840The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Wenrui ChenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, 531840The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Li ChangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, 531840The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Wenhui LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, 531840The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5874-0122

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the massive use of computers, the growth and explosion of data has greatly promoted the development of artificial intelligence (AI). The rise of deep learning (DL) algorithms, such as convolutional neural networks (CNN), has provided radiation oncologists with many promising tools that can simplify the complex radiotherapy process in the clinical work of radiation oncology, improve the accuracy and objectivity of diagnosis, and reduce the workload, thus enabling clinicians to spend more time on advanced decision-making tasks. As the development of DL gets closer to clinical practice, radiation oncologists will need to be more familiar with its principles to properly evaluate and use this powerful tool. In this paper, we explain the development and basic concepts of AI and discuss its application in radiation oncology based on different task categories of DL algorithms. This work clarifies the possibility of further development of DL in radiation oncology.

Indexed as

Deep LearningHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeoplasmsOrgans at RiskPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRadiation OncologyRadiotherapyRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assistedartificial intelligenceconvolutional neural networkdeep neural networksmachine learningradiation therapy

Identifiers

PMID34142614
PMCPMC8216350

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