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Are there reasons to not use prostate SBRT when treating the prostate +\- proximal SV?

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Early trials such as HYPO-RT-PC which aimed to validate a 7-fraction SBRT dose schedule by comparing it to the standard of care at the time, conventionally fractionated EBRT, utilized a treatment volume consisting of the prostate alone without the seminal vesicles (SVs). While there was some suggest...

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Radiation Oncology · Michigan Healthcare Professionals, PC

Review your constraints. If you are meeting them, then it is fine.

If you are not meeting them consider:

  1. Reduce coverage to SV
  2. Reduce volume of SV
  3. Don't treat them
  4. Switch to moderate hypo

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