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January 1, 2015
Radiation therapy is used in approximately one-third of patients newly diagnosed with prostate cancer. External beam radiotherapy alone to doses of 75.6 Gy or higher is appropriate for patients with low risk disease (T1, GS<7, PSA≤10 ng/ml). For intermedia ...
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July 1, 2013
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a radiation delivery technique that allows dose sculpting to improve target coverage while sparing normal tissues. In an IMRT plan, the number of photons delivered (or fluence) varies within a field. Such variabil ...
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