Independent test of a model to predict severe acute esophagitis.

Journal: Advances in radiation oncology
Published Date: Nov 16, 2016

Abstract

PURPOSE: Treatment planning factors are known to affect the risk of severe acute esophagitis during thoracic radiation therapy. We tested a previously published model to predict the risk of severe acute esophagitis on an independent data set.

Authors

  • Ellen X Huang
    Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Clifford G Robinson
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri.
  • Alerson Molotievschi
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri.
  • Jeffrey D Bradley
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri.
  • Joseph O Deasy
    Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
  • Jung Hun Oh
    Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.

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