Objective To quantify the association of cancer treatment delay and mortality for each four
week increase in delay to inform cancer treatment pathways. Design Systematic review and …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently being introduced into different domains, including
medicine. Specifically in radiation oncology, machine learning models allow automation and …

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant epithelial tumor originating in the
nasopharynx and has a high incidence in Southeast Asia and North Africa. To develop these …

Background: Over half a million individuals are diagnosed with head and neck cancer each
year globally. Radiotherapy is an important curative treatment for this disease, but it requires …

The integration of adaptive radiation therapy (ART), or modifying the treatment plan during
the treatment course, is becoming more widely available in clinical practice. ART offers …

The treatment of cancer with proton radiation therapy was first suggested in 1946 followed
by the first treatments in the 1950s. As of 2020, almost 200 000 patients have been treated …

Radiotherapy (RT) is one of the basic treatment modalities for cancer of the head and neck
(H&N), which requires a precise spatial description of the target volumes and organs at risk …

Plan evaluation is a key step in the radiotherapy treatment workflow. Central to this step is
the assessment of treatment plan quality. Hence, it is important to agree on what we mean …

Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has contributed substantially to the resolution
of various medical problems, including cancer. Deep learning (DL), a subfield of AI, is …

Segmentation of organs and structures, as either targets or organs‐at‐risk, has a significant
influence on the success of radiation therapy. Manual segmentation is a tedious and time …