author keywords: combined proton-photon radiotherapy; IMRT; IMPT; stochastic optimization

MeSH headings : Humans; Neoplasms / radiotherapy; Organs at Risk; Photons / therapeutic use; Proton Therapy / methods; Protons; Radiotherapy Dosage; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / methods; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / methods

TL;DR: A novel stochastic optimization method is developed to directly incorporate range and setup errors into the biologically effective dose (BED)-based simultaneous optimization of proton and photon plans for safe clinical implementation of optimized proton–photon radiotherapy. (via Semantic Scholar)