Development and evaluation of an online three-level proton vs photon decision support prototype for head and neck cancer - Comparison of dose, toxicity and cost-effectiveness.

Cheng, Qing; Roelofs, Erik; Ramaekers, Bram L T; Eekers, Daniëlle; van Soest, Johan; Lustberg, Tim; Hendriks, Tim; Hoebers, Frank et al. · Radiother Oncol · 2016

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Abstract

To quantitatively assess the effectiveness of proton therapy for individual patients, we developed a prototype for an online platform for proton decision support (PRODECIS) comparing photon and proton treatments on dose metric, toxicity and cost-effectiveness levels. An evaluation was performed with 23 head and neck cancer datasets.

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