Course book Advanced Treatment Planning 2018

Broadening RT band width

• Local control will translate into overall cure in many patients • For breast –1 life saved for every 4 recurrences prevented

• Three variations on improved therapeutic ratio ➢ Same cure, lower toxicity ➢ Higher cure, same toxicity ➢ Higher cure, lower toxicity (if we can !)

• Visually described by dose-response curves (population curves)