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NRG Oncology Protocol Development Template for Radiation Therapy — Head and Neck: Photon and Proton Therapy
Teo BK, Huang M, Xiao Y, Xia P, Zhou J, Kovalchuk N, et al. · NRG Oncology Medical Physics Subcommittee / Radiation Oncology Committee
DoseLab summary
The NRG Oncology template for the radiation section of a head and neck trial. Its simulation section asks for planning images in the treatment position with slices of 3 mm or less, uses MRI and/or PET to aid delineation (MRI especially near the skull base), asks for the MRI to be taken as close as possible to the treatment position with distortion correction applied, and recommends PET/CT and MRI fusion when IV contrast can't be given.
Why this is useful
How an NRG trial would write the radiation section for head and neck treatment — planning CT, MRI and PET fusion, and the scan range.
Reference details
- Title
- NRG Oncology Protocol Development Template for Radiation Therapy — Head and Neck: Photon and Proton Therapy
- Authors / organization
- Teo BK, Huang M, Xiao Y, Xia P, Zhou J, Kovalchuk N, et al. · NRG Oncology Medical Physics Subcommittee / Radiation Oncology Committee
- Publication / protocol
- NRG Oncology protocol template
- Version
- Version 1, 14 October 2016 (updated to cGy, 4 March 2025)
- Year
- 2016
- DOI
- Pending verification
- Disease sites
- Head & Neck
- Topics
- Head and neck, NRG, Protocols, Image registration, Simulation
- Fractionation context
- Conventional fractionation
- Last reviewed by DoseLab
- 2026-09-30