Impact of beam configuration on VMAT plan quality for Pinnacle3Auto-Planning for head and neck cases

Radiation Oncology

Table 1 Overview of patient population

Case	Disease type	Treatment concept	Fractionation Scheme Dose D₉₅ in Gy	Fractions	Side location
1	SCC, Hypopharynx	Primary RCT	59,4/66/69,3	33	bilateral
2	SCC, Oral cavity	Adjuvant RT	54/66	30	bilateral
3	SCC, Oropharynx	Adjuvant RT	54/66	30	bilateral
4	SCC, Oral cavity	Adjuvant RCT	54/66	30	bilateral
5	SCC, Oropharynx	Adjuvant RCT	60/66	30	bilateral
6	SCC, Oral cavity	Adjuvant RCT	54/66	30	bilateral
7	SCC, Oropharynx	Adjuvant RCT	54/66	30	bilateral
8	SCC, Oral cavity	Adjuvant RCT	54/66	30	bilateral
9	CUP, Oropharynx	Adjuvant RT	52,7/65,1	31	bilateral
10	SCC, Oral cavity	Adjuvant RCT	54/66	30	bilateral
11	SCC, Oropharynx	Adjuvant RT	54/66	30	unilateral
12	SCC, Oropharynx	Adjuvant RCT	54/66	30	unilateral
13	SCC, Oropharynx	Adjuvant RCT	60/66	30	unilateral
14	Undifferentiated orbital cancer	Adjuvant RT	60/66	30	unilateral
15	SCC, external auditory canal	Adjuvant RT	54/66	30	unilateral
16	SCC, occipital skin	Adjuvant RT	54/66	30	unilateral
17	SCC, Oropharynx	Adjuvant RCT	54/66	30	unilateral
18	SCC, Nasal cavity	Adjuvant RT	54/66	30	unilateral
19	SCC, Oral cavity	Adjuvant RCT	60/66	30	unilateral
20	NHL of the parotid gland	Adjuvant RT	40	20	unilateral

All except one patient (Case #20) were treated with a simultaneously integrated boost technique with 2–3 dose levels
CUP Cancer of Unknown Primacy, RCT Radio-Chemo Therapy, RT Radiotherapy, SCC Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Disease type, treatment concept, fractionation scheme and tumor side location are described for all 20 patients

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