External validation of a normal tissue complication probability model for radiation-induced hypothyroidism in an independent cohort

A Stochastic Model for the Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) in Radiation Treatment of Cancer

The normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) is a measure for the estimated side effects of a given radiation treatment schedule. Here we use a stochastic logistic birth death process to define an organ specific and patient specific NTCP. We emphasise an asymptotic simplification which relates the NTCP to the solution of a logistic differential equation. This framework allows for a direct ...

Treatment of radiation-induced normal tissue lesions

Inclusion of biological factors in parallel-architecture normal-tissue complication probability model for radiation-induced liver disease.

PURPOSE To include biologic factors in parallel-architecture normal-tissue complication probability (NTCP) model for radiation-induced liver disease (RILD) after three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) for gastric or hepatic cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS A total of 151 patients (89 with hepatocellular carcinoma and 62 with gastric cancer) who received 3D-CRT to the liver were includ...

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با توجه به تحریم های بین المملی علیه صنعت بیمه ایران امکان استفاده از بازارهای بین المملی بیمه ای برای نفتکش های ایرانی وجود ندارد. از طرفی از آنجایی که یکی از نوآوری های اخیر استفاده از بازارهای مالی به منظور ریسک های فاجعه آمیز می باشد. از اینرو در این پایان نامه سعی شده است با استفاده از این نوآوری ها با طراحی اوراق اختیارات راهی نو جهت بیمه گردن نفت کش های ایرانی ارائه نمود. از آنجایی که بر...

Evaluation of Tumor Control and Normal Tissue Complication Probability in Head and Neck Cancers with Different Sources of Radiation: A Comparative Study

Introduction: The ultimate goal of radiation treatment planning is to yield a high tumor control probability (TCP) with a low normal tissue complication probability (NTCP). Historically  dose volume histogram (DVH) with only volumetric dose distribution was utilized as a popular tool for plan evaluation  hence present study aimed to compare the radiobiological effectiveness of the cobalt-60 (Co...