ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S4687

Physics - Optimisation, algorithms and applications for ion beam treatment planning

ESTR0 2024

Given the limitations in proton therapy (PT) of using target and organ at risk volumes expansions, both in terms of plan optimization and evaluation, robust planning has gained high visibility in publications and is part of clinical practice in many centers. However, there is currently no consensus on the methods and parameters to be used for robust optimization or robustness evaluation (RE). As a first step of the consensus process, the purpose of this work a is to perform a systematic review of the literature regarding RE.

Material/Methods:

The systematic review followed the methodology proposed by Stoll et al [1]. One expert performed a search on PubMed. A second expert independently performed a search on Web of Science. In case of disagreement between experts or between databases (i.e., a paper was proposed and accepted from a certain database but not proposed by the other database), a third expert took the final decision. In this way the bias of using a single database was minimized. Figure 1 shows the keywords used for the search on databases and the inclusion/exclusion criteria.

Results:

The results of the systematic review are shown in Figure 2 and Table 1.