VOL. XVII, Supplement 2, 2001

Proceedings of the AIFM course "The Practical use of TCP and NTCP models for the evaluation of treatment plans in radiotherapy", Como (Italy), October 13-15, 1999

Prologue

G.M. Cattaneo, G. Gagliardi, A.E. Nahum

General Part

A. Ottolenghi, F. Ballarini, M. Biaggi
Mechanistic and phenomenological models for the estimate of radiation-induced biological damage

A.E. Nahum, B. Sanchez-Nieto
Tumour Control Probability Modelling: Basic Principles and Applications in Treatment Planning

J. Fowler
Normal tissue complication probabilities: how well do the models work?

L. Cozzi, A. Fogliata
DVH Reduction: the quicksands of the Lyman model?

C. Fiorino
Uncertainties in volume definition: impact on NTCP/TCP estimations

P. Feroldi, L. Spiazzi, M. Galelli
Influence of architecture design on NTCP evaluation

M. Iori
Methods for physical and radiobiological optimisation in radiotherapy with intensity modulation

Fits

G. Gagliardi
Modelling heart and lung complications following breast cancer radiotherapy – from theory to practice

Tools

B. Sanchez-Nieto, C.M. Nutting
Application of biological models: a) IMRT for pelvic tumour and oesophageal cancer, b) prescription dose individualisation

Applications

G.M. Cattaneo, G.L. Ceresoli
Optimisation of conformal radiotherapy for lung and nasopharynx cancers: literature review and clinical experience at H.S. Raffaele

R. Cambria, R. Orecchia
Analysis of pelvis and abdomenal conformal radiotherapy using TCP and NTCP models

C. Bianchi, G.M. Cattaneo, C. Cozzarini, C. Fiorino, C. Mordacchini, A. Piazzolla, M. Reni, V. Vavassori
Correlation between dosimetrical data and rectal bleeding in radiotherapy of prostate cancer: a retrospective analysis

T. Rancati, S. Nava, A. Colombo, A. Crespi, E. De Ponti, C. Ghezzi, G. Montanari
Comparison of treatment techniques for conformal irradiation of prostate and seminal vesicles using Tumor Control Probability and Normal Tissue Complication Probability

Special applications

C. Bianchi, P. Feroldi
Models in brachytherapy: overview of different approaches and a few clinical examples

S. Broggi, R. Calandrino, C. Fiorino, B. Longobardi
Radiobiological considerations in stereotactic radiosurgery with the Gamma Knife in the treatment of malignancies of the brain

A.E. Nahum, B. Glimelius
Biological models applied to the comparison of proton and photon treatments

M. Benassi, L. Begnozzi
TCP and NTCP models: review of Italian papers