SORS: A New Software for the Simulation of Radiotherapy Schedule

Med Dosim. 2010 Autumn;35(3):208-213, Pasquale Tamborra, Giovanni Simeone, Enza Carioggia

We present a software for choosing the best radiotherapy treatment schedule for head and neck cancers as a beginning radiotherapy plan or a temporarily interrupted plan. Its application occurs according to two modalities: the first adopts the best estimates for model parameters; the second takes into account the parameters' uncertainty too. In both cases, the choice becomes the schedule with the highest uncomplicated tumor control probability (UTCP). In the UTCP valuation, the normal tissue complication...

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