What Has Changed in the World of
Planning?
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“
Isotoxic
” Treatment Planning
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Pioneered by MAASTRO
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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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Moves away from the “one size fits all” approach for dose
prescription
Dose escalation is based on patient specific OAR DVH results
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Dose escalate the PTV until the OARs reach their tolerance




