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OAR: Spinal cord
Spinal cord injury rare but extremely debilitating
paralysis, sensory, deficits, pain, and bowel/bladder incontinence (10,30)
Schultheiss review:
risk of myelopathy to be 0.2% at 50 Gy and 5% at 59.3 Gy
Similar conclusions published by QUANTEC
CAVE: a∕b ratio of 0.87 < the values frequently used in the literature
03/01/13
Schultheiss TE, Kun LE, Ang KK, et al. Radiation response of the central nervous system.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1995;31:1093–1112.