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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Organ‑level breast dosimetry is essential for developing robust dose-response models of subsequent breast cancer (SBC) risk in female childhood cancer survivors. Historically, epidemiologic studies relied on surrogate metrics such as prescription dose due to...
Current anatomical and surgical literature provides only limited descriptions of the ligaments and connective tissue within the breast fascial system. Much of what is known comes from cadaveric dissections, a method that inherently disrupts the native archite...
Accurate planning of pelvic fixation is critical for complex orthopaedic and oncologic surgeries, yet current automated tools focus primarily on normal anatomy and do not account for patient-specific variations caused by tumors. We aim to develop an automated...
While adaptive radiotherapy (ART) is increasingly being adopted into clinical practice, treatment planning, delivery, dose reporting, and clinical trial QA have not yet been standardized for national clinical trials, leaving a gap in ensuring consistent and p...
Current clinical toxicity models for predicting radiation-induced pneumonitis are limited by lack of functional information; furthermore, current practice assumes a relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 1.1 for proton therapy patients. We hypothesize tha...
This scientific panel discussion will include 3 NIH-funded researchers investigating predictive models that are in the process of being validated prior to their use in clinical trials. Three medical physicists will describe their models and validation process...
Mandibular osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a severe late complication of head-and-neck radiotherapy. Vascular compromise is thought to play a key role in ORN pathogenesis, yet early progression preceding bone failure remains poorly characterized. While computed t...
The sensitivity of normal liver tissue raises concerns about potential liver function post-cancer treatment. We investigate whether liver radiomics features derived from standard CT-guided radiation therapy (RT) can improve acute functional liver decline pred...