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This study was designed to investigate whether parotid gland changes seen in weekly CT during treatment, quantified by delta-radiomics features (\u0394features), could improve the prediction of moderate-to-severe xerostomia at 12 months after radiotherapy (Xer<jats:sub>12m<\/jats:sub>). Parotid gland \u0394features were extracted from in total 68 planning and 340 weekly CTs, representing geometric, intensity and texture characteristics. Bootstrapped forward variable selection was performed to identify the best predictors of Xer<jats:sub>12m<\/jats:sub>. The predictive contribution of the resulting \u0394features to a pre-treatment reference model, based on contralateral parotid gland mean dose and baseline xerostomia scores (Xer<jats:sub>baseline<\/jats:sub>) only, was evaluated. Xer<jats:sub>12m<\/jats:sub> was reported by 26 (38%) of the 68 patients included. 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