ArticleBJR case reports2024
Feasibility and flexibility of a novel multi-dose level avoidance reirradiation technical methodology in recurrent head and neck cancer.
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- Using three-dimensional equieffective dose mapping to audit a methodology for calculating permitted doses for head and neck reirradiation.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Reirradiation in recurrent head and neck cancer presents a considerable clinical challenge in radiation oncology. Though technically feasible due to advanced treatment delivery and planning techniques, confidence in delivering such treatments is not universal and patient selection is critical. Radiotherapy planning in reirradiation cases presents a complex technical challenge owing to the often-considerable overlap of dose from a patient's first treatment plan. This technical note describes three clinical case studies of recurrent head and neck cancer and the technical details of how their multidose level reirradiation was planned. Each patient had confirmed recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma and was referred for reirradiation to a previously irradiated area. The clinical details for each patient are provided before a detailed description of the treatment planning methodology is presented, which specifies how to approach such complex overlapping treatment volumes. The patient outcomes are described and a discussion is presented outlining the clinical challenges associated with these cases and the variables that must be accounted for when considering patients for potential reirradiation.
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