Evaluation of a generalized knowledge-based planning performance for VMAT irradiation of breast and locoregional lymph nodes—Internal mammary and/or supraclavicular regions

Abstract

All KB models allow a homogeneous plan quality and some dosimetric gains, as we saw in both internal and external validation. Sub-KB models, developed by splitting right and left breast cases or including only whole breast with locoregional lymph nodes, have shown good performances, comparable but slightly worse than the general model. Finally, models generated without the optimization structures, performed better than the original ones.