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Nodal boosting

D98>55Gy

D98>57.5Gy

CTV-N D98>100% of prescribed dose is a

hard constraint

since the coverage on the edge of PTV-N can be as low as

90% and the margins are small.

Hard target coverage constraints overrules soft constraints

e.g. Bowel

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