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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
Volume 109, Issue 4, Pages 1054-1075Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.10.021
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The integration of adaptive radiation therapy (ART) is increasingly common in clinical practice, offering the potential to reduce treatment-related toxicity and customize target doses. However, the complexity of ART workflows may introduce additional uncertainties, necessitating careful consideration of technological factors and quality assurance.
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 strong potential for minimizing treatment-related toxicity while escalating or de-escalating target doses based on the dose to organs at risk. Yet, ART workflows add complexity into the radiation therapy planning and delivery process that may introduce additional uncertainties. This work sought to review presently available ART workflows and technological considerations such as image quality, deformable image registration, and dose accumulation. Quality assurance considerations for ART components and minimum recommendations are described. Personnel and workflow efficiency recommendations are provided, as is a summary of currently available clinical evidence supporting the implementation of ART. Finally, to guide future clinical trial protocols, an example ART physician directive and a physics template following standard NRG Oncology protocol is provided. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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