Variability of clinical target volume delineation for rectal cancer patients planned for neoadjuvant radiotherapy with the aid of the platform Anatom-e

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8922419	Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology	2018	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The use of Anatom-e decreased the Inter-OV in the CTV delineation process for locally advanced rectal cancer with complex disease presentation planned for neoadjuvant RT. This system may be potentially helpful in increasing the compliance to follow shared guidelines and protocols.

Keywords

MDA DSC CHT GTV Neoadjuvant radiotherapy CTV RTOG AJCC/UICC VMAT SWOG ROS standard deviation organs at risk Volumetric modulated arc therapy Magnetic resonance imaging Target volume delineation Contouring computed tomography gross tumor volume Clinical target volume OARS Radiotherapy Radiation oncologists Rectal cancer Chemotherapy Dice similarity coefficient Hausdorff distance Interobserver variability Inter-observer variability Intra-observer variability Radiation Therapy Oncology Group

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Variability of clinical target volume delineation for rectal cancer patients planned for neoadjuvant radiotherapy with the aid of the platform Anatom-e

Authors

Pierfrancesco Franco, Francesca Arcadipane, Elisabetta Trino, Elena Gallio, Stefania Martini, Giuseppe Carlo Iorio, Cristina Piva, Francesco Moretto, Maria Grazia Ruo Redda, Roberta Verna, Vassiliki Tseroni, Cristina Bona, Gabriele Pozzi,