Strategies for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

The book begins with an overview of external beam treatment planning principles, inverse planning and advanced planning tools, and descriptions of all components in simulation and verification. Following these introductory chapters are disease-site examples, including central nervous system, head and neck, breast, thoracic, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, gynecologic, lymphoma, and soft tissue sarcoma. The book concludes with expert guidance on planning for pediatric cancers and how to tailor palliative plans. Essential for all radiation therapy team members, including trainees, this book is for those who wish to learn or improve their treatment planning skills and understand the different treatment planning processes, plan evaluation, and patient setup.

KEY FEATURES:

• Provides basic principles of treatment planning
• Contains step-by-step, illustrated descriptions of the treatment planning process
• Discusses the pros and cons of advanced treatment planning tools, such as auto-planning, knowledge-based planning, and multi-criteria-based planning
• Describes each primary treatment site from simulation, patient immobilization, and creation of various treatment plans to plan evaluations
• Includes instructive sample plans to highlight best practices