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Normal tissue effects
Hypofractionation with its enormous increases in dose
may be
feasible, if the organ is a good approximation to a “
parallel
organ
” so that the loss of such small
volume
of functioning
tissue is tolerated, and if it contains no particularly sensitive
structures or organs of risk.
Serial organ
Parallel organ
Spinal cord, GI tract, etc
×
Lung, Liver, Bone, etc
×