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ines or atlases currently available.
Methods: A literature search was conducted using various electronic
databases with the key terms: prostate, contour, planning tumour
volume, clinical target volume, delineation or definition, guidelines or
atlas, and radiation oncology. The search was limited to English
publications from the years 1985 to 2011.
Results: A total of seven publications relating to contouring guidelines
for postoperative prostate radiotherapy were identified. There are four
distinct consensus guidelines developed by major institutions: Princess
Margaret Hospital, the Australian and New Zealand Radiation
Oncology Genito-Urinary Group, the European Organization for
Open Access Research and Treatment of Cancer, and the Radiation Therapy
Original Article Oncology Group.
Published 07/18/2013
DOI:
Conclusions: After reviewing the consensus contouring guidelines for
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postoperative prostate cancer radiation therapy that were available in
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the literature, it is clear that there disagreement with regards to what
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Creative Commons CC-BY anatomical borders should be used for delineating an appropriateprostate bed CTV. Additional studies comparing the reproducibility of
the various guidelines as well as the performance of these guidelines on
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