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Delineation guidelines for the lymphatic target volumes in ‘prone crawl’ radiotherapy treatment position for breast cancer patients

Michael Stouthandel (UGent) , Françoise Kayser, Vincent Vakaet (UGent) , Ralph Khoury, Pieter Deseyne, Christel Monten (UGent) , Max Schoepen (UGent) , Vincent Remouchamps, Alex De Caluwé, Guillaume Janoray, et al.
(2021) SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 11(1).
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Our recently developed prone crawl position (PCP) for radiotherapy of breast cancer patients with lymphatic involvement showed promising preliminary data and it is being optimized for clinical use. An important aspect in this process is making new, position specific delineation guidelines to ensure delineation (for treatment planning) is uniform across different centers. The existing ESTRO and PROCAB guidelines for supine position (SP) were adapted for PCP. Nine volunteers were MRI scanned in both SP and PCP. Lymph node regions were delineated in SP using the existing ESTRO and PROCAB guidelines and were then translated to PCP, based on the observed changes in reference structure position. Nine PCP patient CT scans were used to verify if the new reference structures were consistently identified and easily applicable on different patient CT scans. Based on these data, a team of specialists in anatomy, CT- and MRI radiology and radiation oncology postulated the final guidelines. By taking the ESTRO and PROCAB guidelines for SP into account and by using a relatively big number of datasets, these new PCP specific guidelines incorporate anatomical variability between patients. The guidelines are easily and consistently applicable, even for people with limited previous experience with delineations in PCP.
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Multidisciplinary, ELECTIVE RADIATION-THERAPY, ESTRO CONSENSUS GUIDELINE, WOMEN, RISK, IRRADIATION

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Stouthandel, Michael, et al. “Delineation Guidelines for the Lymphatic Target Volumes in ‘prone Crawl’ Radiotherapy Treatment Position for Breast Cancer Patients.” SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 11, no. 1, 2021, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01841-y.
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Stouthandel, M., Kayser, F., Vakaet, V., Khoury, R., Deseyne, P., Monten, C., … Van Hoof, T. (2021). Delineation guidelines for the lymphatic target volumes in “prone crawl” radiotherapy treatment position for breast cancer patients. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01841-y
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Stouthandel, Michael, Françoise Kayser, Vincent Vakaet, Ralph Khoury, Pieter Deseyne, Christel Monten, Max Schoepen, et al. 2021. “Delineation Guidelines for the Lymphatic Target Volumes in ‘prone Crawl’ Radiotherapy Treatment Position for Breast Cancer Patients.” SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 11 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01841-y.
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Stouthandel, Michael, Françoise Kayser, Vincent Vakaet, Ralph Khoury, Pieter Deseyne, Christel Monten, Max Schoepen, Vincent Remouchamps, Alex De Caluwé, Guillaume Janoray, Wilfried De Neve, Stephane Mazy, Liv Veldeman, and Tom Van Hoof. 2021. “Delineation Guidelines for the Lymphatic Target Volumes in ‘prone Crawl’ Radiotherapy Treatment Position for Breast Cancer Patients.” SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 11 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01841-y.
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Stouthandel M, Kayser F, Vakaet V, Khoury R, Deseyne P, Monten C, et al. Delineation guidelines for the lymphatic target volumes in “prone crawl” radiotherapy treatment position for breast cancer patients. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1).
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M. Stouthandel et al., “Delineation guidelines for the lymphatic target volumes in ‘prone crawl’ radiotherapy treatment position for breast cancer patients,” SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 11, no. 1, 2021.
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