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ArticleCancers2024

Radiotherapy Plan Quality Assurance in NRG Oncology Trials for Brain and Head/Neck Cancers: An AI-Enhanced Knowledge-Based Approach.

Du Wang, Huaizhi Geng, Vinai Gondi, Nancy Y Lee, Christina I Tsien, Ping Xia, Thomas L Chenevert, Jeff M Michalski, Mark R Gilbert, Quynh-Thu Le and 15 more

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Uncertainties in outcome modelling in radiation oncology.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Du WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-7497-2496
Huaizhi GengDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Vinai GondiNorthwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville, Warrenville, IL 60555, USA.
Nancy Y LeeMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Christina I TsienMcGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada.
Ping XiaCleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Thomas L ChenevertDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1476-4274
Jeff M MichalskiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Mark R GilbertNational Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Quynh-Thu LeStanford Cancer Institute, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3682-1439
Antonio M OmuroStanford Cancer Institute, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Kuo MenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Kenneth D AldapeNational Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Yue CaoDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Ashok SrinivasanDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Igor J BaraniSaint Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA.
Sean SachdevNorthwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville, Warrenville, IL 60555, USA.
Jiayi HuangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Serah ChoiUPMC-Shadyside Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
Wenyin ShiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
James D BattisteStephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Zabi WardakUT Southwestern, Simmons Cancer Center, Dallas, TX 75235, USA.
Michael D ChanBaptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Minesh P MehtaMiami Cancer Institute, Miami, FL 33176, USA.
Ying XiaoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8558-6394

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NRG Oncology Network Group Operations Center - GY9 BIQSFP Reports/BudgetsU10CA180868 · NCI · NRG ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC. · PI NORMAN WOLMARK · 2014 to 2026
$206.8M
Network Lead Academic Participating Site: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUG1CA233290 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI CAROL AGHAJANIAN, Darren Feldman · 2019 to 2026
$10.2M
Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core (IROC) Group U24CA180803NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180868NCI NIH HHS UG1 CA233290NRG Oncology Network Group Operations Center U10CA180868
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The quality of radiation therapy (RT) treatment plans directly affects the outcomes of clinical trials. KBP solutions have been utilized in RT plan quality assurance (QA). In this study, we evaluated the quality of RT plans for brain and head/neck cancers enrolled in multi-institutional clinical trials utilizing a KBP approach. The evaluation was conducted on 203 glioblastoma (GBM) patients enrolled in NRG-BN001 and 70 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients enrolled in NRG-HN001. For each trial, fifty high-quality photon plans were utilized to build a KBP photon model. A KBP proton model was generated using intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) plans generated on 50 patients originally treated with photon RT. These models were then applied to generate KBP plans for the remaining patients, which were compared against the submitted plans for quality evaluation, including in terms of protocol compliance, target coverage, and organ-at-risk (OAR) doses. RT plans generated by the KBP models were demonstrated to have superior quality compared to the submitted plans. KBP IMPT plans can decrease the variation of proton plan quality and could possibly be used as a tool for developing improved plans in the future. Additionally, the KBP tool proved to be an effective instrument for RT plan QA in multi-center clinical trials.

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brain and head/neck cancersclinical trial quality assuranceknowledge-based planningradiotherapy

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PMID38893130
PMCPMC11171017

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