Lu Wang

TL;DR: The task group report includes a review of the literature to identify reported clinical findings and expected outcomes for this treatment modality.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the dosimetric accuracy of MRI-based treatment planning for prostate IMRT and found that the absolute dose agreement for the planning target volume was within 2% between CT-based and MR-based plans and 3% between measured dose and dose predicted by the planning system.

TL;DR: IMRT is associated with a decrease in severity of acute desquamation compared with a matched control group treated with conventional radiation therapy, and breast size remains the most important prognostic factor for acute skin toxicity.

TL;DR: Compared to the conventional approach using helical images for target definition, 4D CT and multiphase 3D CT have the advantage to provide patient-specific tumor motion information, based on which such designed PTVs could ensure daily target coverage.

TL;DR: MRI-based digitally reconstructed radiographs are comparable to CT-based DRRs for prostate intensity-modulated radiotherapy and can be used for patient treatment setup when MR-based treatment planning is applied clinically.