Isotoxic Planning
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Most data for this approach comes from lung cancer with
Spinal Cord and MLD as the toxic endpoints
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Why lung?
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Radiation dose improves both local control and survival
(Kong et al., 2005)
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Future work identified by Warren et al.,
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Could we escalate just a specific portion of the PTV
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Modulated techniques allow for multiple dose levels within a target