Background and purpose: Automatic approaches are widely implemented to automate dose optimization in radiotherapy treatment planning. This study systematically investigates how to configure automatic planning in order to create the best possible plans. Materials and methods: Automatic plans were generated …

Voor het bestralen van de prostaat worden goudmarkers geplaatst. De meest voorkomende manier om de goudmarkers te plaatsen is transrectaal. Hiervoor wordt preventief Levofloxacine gegeven om infectieuze complicaties te voorkomen. Echter kunnen Levofloxacine ongevoelige darmbacteriën sepsis veroorzaken. …

Abstract gepubliseerd in Elsevier: For patients with intermediate- and high risk prostate cancer, treated with high dose radiotherapy, the CTV generally involves the prostate and (part of) the seminal vesicles (SV) [1,2]. Fiducial markers locate the prostate reliably during radiotherapy [3]. However …