Assessing the performance of an automated breast treatment planning software.

Purpose: To assess the dosimetric performance of an automated breast planning software.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 15 breast cancer patients treated with tangent fields according to the RTOG 1005 protocol and 30 patients treated off-protocol. Planning with electronic compensators (eComps) via manual, iterative fluence editing was compared to an automated planning program called EZFluence (EZF) (Radformation, Inc.