Interobserver variability of clinical target volume delineation in patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery without surgical clips: a pilot study on preoperative magnetic resonance simulation
For patients who underwent breast-conserving surgery without surgical clip implantation, the use of preoperative MR simulation in delineating the CTV of tumor bed decreased the IOV among observers. The consistency of tumor bed identification was improved especially in cases where the margins of tumor bed were challenging to visualize on CT simulation images. The study findings offer potential benefits in reducing local recurrence and minimizing tissue irritation in the surrounding areas. Future investigation in a larger patient cohort to validate our results is warranted.
Authors
- Zhang Fu-quan
- Bing Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2640-7370)
- Jie Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9149-3550)
- X J Zhang
- Ke Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1079-5137)
- Xia Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3709-6888)
- Jiabin Ma
- Xiaorong Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4903-9489)
- Jing Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-5925)
- Yiqing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-8589)
- Shuning Jiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0202-2344)
- Haoran Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2801-755X)
- Xiansong Sun
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2024-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-024-13076-x
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.81
Funders
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
- Peking Union Medical College