Course book Advanced Treatment Planning 2018

1. MRI for targeting: prostate

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Prostate cancer treatment

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Boosting dominant intraprostatic lesions (DILs) in the

context of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR)

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T2-weighted, dynamic contrast-enhanced and diffusion-

weighted magnetic resonance imaging

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Prostate planning target volume (PTV) prescription: 42.7

Gy in 7 fractions (6.1 Gy/fr)

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Median PTV

DIL

prescription: 125% (range: 110%-140%)

LJ Murray et al. Prostate Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy Using

Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy to Dominant Intraprostatic Lesions.

Int J Radiation Oncol Biol Phys, Vol. 89, No. 2, pp. 406e415, 2014