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. 2025 Aug 11;17(16):2620. doi: 10.3390/cancers17162620
XT photon therapy
PT proton therapy
NIPP Netherlands’s National Indication Protocol Proton therapy
NCC convolutional neural network
DL deep learning
NTCP normal tissue complication probability
RT radiation therapy
IMRT intensity-modulated radiation therapy
VMAT volumetric modulated arc therapy
IMPT intensity-modulated proton therapy
OAR organs at risk
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
NPC nasopharyngeal carcinoma
TPS treatment planning system
PMC U pharyngeal constrictor muscles upper
PMC M pharyngeal constrictor muscles middle
PMC I pharyngeal constrictor muscles inferior
DPTV contours and distance map
COM combined model
PL parotid left
PR parotid right
OC oral cavity
MP manual plan
MAE mean absolute error
Dmean mean dose
AUC area under curve
ROC operating characteristic curve
Xer2+ xerostomia ≥ grade 2
Xer3+ xerostomia ≥ grade 3
Dys2+ dysphagia ≥ grade 2
Dys3+ dysphagia ≥ grade 3