Radiotherapy is one of the main therapeutic methods for treating cancer. The digestive
system consists of the gastrointestinal tract and the accessory organs of digestion (the …

Recently, 2D or 3D methods for dose distribution analysis have been proposed as
evolutions of the Dose Volume Histogram (DVH) approaches. Those methods, collectively …

For decades, dose-volume information for segmented anatomy has provided the essential
data for correlating radiotherapy dosimetry with treatment-induced complications. Dose …

Xerostomia is a common consequence of radiotherapy in head and neck cancer. The
objective was to compare the regional radiation dose distribution in patients that developed …

Abstract Background and Purpose Associations between dose and rectal toxicity in prostate
radiotherapy are generally poorly understood. Evaluating spatial dose distributions to the …

In radiation oncology, the need for a modern Normal Tissue Complication Probability
(NTCP) philosophy to include voxel-based evidence on organ radio-sensitivity (RS) has …

Purpose: The aim of this work was to determine how the spatial pattern of dose in the ano-
rectal wall is related to late gastro-intestinal toxicity for prostate cancer patients treated with …

Abstract Background Dose-surface maps (DSMs) are an increasingly popular tool to
evaluate spatial dose-outcome relationships for the rectum. Recently, DSM addition has …

Purpose: Late gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity after radiotherapy for prostate cancer may have
significant impact on the cancer survivor's quality of life. To date, little is known about local …

Inter-fraction organ variations cause deviations between planned and delivered doses in
patients receiving radiotherapy for prostate cancer. This study compared planned (DP) vs …