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Adaptive Radiotherapy

How often do your replan Head/Neck IMRT cases after they start?

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NeverRarelyOccasionallyOften
Systematicall
y
Never
8.00%
2
Rarely
28.00%
7
Occasionally
56.00%
14
Often
4.00%
1
Systematically
4.00%
1
TOTAL25
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What are your criteria for replanning? (check all that apply)

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Mask become
loose
SSD rule
CBCT shows
shrinking of
external contour
Patient loses
certain amount
of their initial
weight
Mask become loose
75.00%
18
SSD rule
20.83%
5
CBCT shows shrinking of external contour
70.83%
17
Patient loses certain amount of their initial weight
54.17%
13
Total Respondents: 24 
Q3 w

If you do not replan, what are the reasons? (check all that reply)

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Cannot get
reimbursed for
replan
Physicians are
too busy to
recontour
Dosimetrists
are too busy to
replan
We do not have
Deformable
Registration
software
Cannot get reimbursed for replan
14.29%
1
Physicians are too busy to recontour
57.14%
4
Dosimetrists are too busy to replan
0.00%
0
We do not have Deformable Registration software
71.43%
5
Total Respondents: 7 
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Please add any comments regarding Adaptive Radiotherapy at your clinic.

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seems to be becoming more popular, but depends on the MD
4/3/2014 06:47 PM
Physician not very keen, unless patient shows evident loss of weight
4/2/2014 10:26 PM
Have been pushing adaptive/deformable for over a year and am unable to get the physician/physicist on board.
4/2/2014 08:48 PM
feels like there is inertia to change but this will change with new RO and new SW ... I hope
4/2/2014 08:41 PM
deformable fusion and composite dose creation between moltiple cts should be available for all imrt hn centers
4/2/2014 08:29 PM