Predictors of post-treatment symptomatic pneumonitis in lung SBRT patients through decision tree analysis

Conclusion Based on this retrospective analysis, post-treatment symptomatic pneumonitis was successfully predicted by this developed decision tree using 4 readily available clinical and dosimetric factors. Using this decision tree, it is possible to identify lung SBRT patients at higher risk of developing symptomatic pneumonitis. These findings warrant validation with an external dataset and subsequent testing in a prospective study.
Source: Journal of Radiation Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research