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At what field size would you consider splitting a palliative spine treatment into two different courses?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
I usually don’t treat radiograph only. I usually ask for a detailed pain history and limit the size of RT to correlate with the pain and target MRI areas that are problematic (epidural, impending cord or fracture). I usually limit the sections if pt complains of pain involving many regions regions (...

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