Radiation Oncology

Cardiac Electrophysiology

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Do you restrict the dose rate during treatment delivery to a pacemaker in addition to limiting the Dmax?

What radiation dose is a risk for damaging function or active leads from a pacemaker?

If the pacemaker receives no dose, what dose are the leads allowed to receive and still function? Should interrogation(s) be done weekly?Does dose per...

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How would you approach SBRT in a pacemaker-dependent elderly patient with Stage I NSCLC whose SBRT plan Dmax exceeds the pacemaker tolerance?

Patient is not a candidate for ablation or resection. Would you consider induction systemic therapy to hopefully shrink the disease away from the pace...

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