Patterns of practice for adaptive and real-time radiation therapy (POP-ART RT) part II: Offline and online plan adaption for interfractional changes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The POP-ART RT study aims to determine to what extent and how intrafractional real-time respiratory motion management (RRMM), and plan adaptation for interfractional anatomical changes (ART) are used in clinical practice and to understand barriers to implementation. Here we report on part II: ART using more than one plan per target per treatment course.

Materials and methods

A questionnaire on the current practice of ART, wishes for expansion or implementation, and barriers to implementation was distributed worldwide. Four types of ART were discriminated: daily online replanning, online plan library, protocolled offline replanning (all three based on a protocol), and ad-hoc offline replanning.

Results

The questionnaire was completed by 177 centres from 40 coun

SUBMITTER: Bertholet J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7758781 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature