Quantitative Methods 2017

Step 3: Clinical benefit Translate ΔDose into ΔNTCP

70%

Radiotherapie alleen Chemoradiation

60%

50%

Photons

40%

30%

NTCP (%)

Protons

20%

Translation from Δdose to ΔNTCP

Photons

10%

=

Protons

0% Risk tube feeding dependence (NTCP)

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Langendijk et al , Radiother Oncol 2013