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– The relationship between the dose to the tissues and the

clinical radiation effect can be regarded as an example of

the more general relationship between the exposure to a risk

factor, irradiation, and a specified outcome, the investigated

complication.

– Treatment prescription and evaluation of the treatment is

given in

physical

terms (constraints) and/or ‘

biological’-

clinical

(NTCP/TCP

)

terms.

Dose-volume complications relationship