Do refined consensus guidelines improve the uniformity of clinical target volume delineation for rectal cancer? Results of a national review project

• Published in: Radiotherapy and oncology Vol. 120; no. 2; pp. 202 - 206
• Main Authors: Joye, Ines, Macq, Gilles, Vaes, Evelien, Roels, Sarah, Lambrecht, Maarten, Pelgrims, Ans, Bussels, Barbara, Vancleef, An, Stellamans, Karin, Scalliet, Pierre, Weytjens, Reinhilde, Christian, Nicolas, Boulanger, Anne-Sophie, Donnay, Lorraine, Van Brussel, Sara, Moretti, Luigi, Van den Bergh, Laura, Van Eycken, Elisabeth, Debucquoy, Annelies, Haustermans, Karin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01-08-2016
• Subjects: Belgium; Central review; Consensus; Female; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Male; Neoplasm Staging; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - standards; Rectal cancer; Rectal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Rectal Neoplasms - pathology; Rectal Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Refined guidelines; Target delineation; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Target delineation; Central review; Refined guidelines; Rectal cancer; Radiotherapy
• ISSN: 0167-8140; 1879-0887
• DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.06.005

Abstract In a previous national central review project, 74% of the rectal cancer clinical target volumes (CTVs) needed a modification. In a follow-up initiative, we evaluated whether the use of refined international consensus guidelines improves the uniformity of CTV delineation in clinical practice.