Compensability index for compensation radiotherapy after treatment interruptions
نویسندگان
چکیده
BACKGROUND The goal of our work was to develop a simple method to evaluate a compensation treatment after unplanned treatment interruptions with respect to their tumour- and normal tissue effect. METHODS We developed a software tool in java programming language based on existing recommendations to compensate for treatment interruptions. In order to express and visualize the deviations from the originally planned tumour and normal tissue effects we defined the compensability index. RESULTS The compensability index represents an evaluation of the suitability of compensatory radiotherapy in a single number based on the number of days used for compensation and the preference of preserving the originally planned tumour effect or not exceeding the originally planned normal tissue effect. An automated tool provides a method for quick evaluation of compensation treatments. CONCLUSIONS The compensability index calculation may serve as a decision support system based on existing and established recommendations.
منابع مشابه
A national audit of radiotherapy in head and neck cancer.
AIMS To undertake a national audit of radiotherapy practice in head and neck cancer to estimate compliance with published guidelines and national standards. METHODS A two-part electronic data entry form was distributed to all U.K. radiotherapy centres in September 2000. The first part examined the centres' policies for managing interruptions, the second collected summaries of the management o...
متن کاملImplementations of PACMAN
Passive and Active Compensability Multicriteria ANalysis (PACMAN) is a multiple criteria methodology based on a decision maker oriented notion of compensation, called compensability. An important feature of PACMAN is a possible asymmetry of the connected decision procedure, since compensability is determined for each ordered pair of criteria, distinguishing the compensating criterion from the c...
متن کاملThe management of interruptions to radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: an audit of the effectiveness of national guidelines.
AIMS To re-audit national radiotherapy practice in head and neck cancer to assess the effect of new guidelines. MATERIALS AND METHODS A two-part electronic audit assessing departmental policies and the management of interruptions was carried out from April to June 2005. All patients commencing treatment within this audit period were eligible for assessment. The outcome measures were: frequenc...
متن کاملA linear implementation of PACMAN
PACMAN (Passive and Active Compensability Multicriteria ANalysis) is a multiple criteria methodology based on a decision maker oriented notion of compensation, called compensability. A basic step of PACMAN is the construction of compensatory functions, which model intercriteria relations for each pair of criteria on the basis of compensability. In this paper we examine a simplified version of P...
متن کامل