IMPLEMENTATION OF A MODEL FOR ESTIMATING TUMOR-CONTROL PROBABILITY FOR AN INHOMOGENEOUSLY IRRADIATED TUMOR

This paper presents the details of a practical implementation of a mod el for the prediction of the tumor control probability (TCP) when a tu mor is irradiated non-uniformly. The implementation is based on a prev iously published model and represents a simplified version of the mode l with a limited number (five) of parameters. We show how to derive th e model parameters from clinically available data and offer pseudocode for computer implementation. The model should be a useful tool for ev aluating and optimizing 3D dose distributions.