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The current brachytherapy (
BT
) dose calculation algorithm
overestimates
, while the external beam radiotherapy (
EBRT
) algorithms
underestimate
the skin dose.
In real clinical cases the differences in skin doses between BT and EBRT
are larger than the calculated ones, in favour of BT.
BT
EBRT
D
0.1ccm
(%)
77
94
D
1ccm
(%)
60
88
Skin doses in brachytherapy and external beam therapy