

– 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