Development and validation of a model for temporal lobe necrosis for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with intensity modulated radiation therapy

Abstract Purpose To develop and validate a quantitative complication model of temporal lobe necrosis (TLN). To analyze the effect of clinical and dosimetric factors on TLN. Patients and methods In this study the prediction model was developed in a training cohort that consisted of 256 nasopharyngeal...

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Main Authors: Jiazhou Wang, Yibing Miao, Xiaomin Ou, Xiaoshen Wang, Xiayun He, Chunying Shen, Hongmei Ying, Weigang Hu, Chaosu Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1250-z