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Do you preferentially use 10MV over 6MV in CNS IMRT treatments to prevent alopecia?

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Radiation Oncology · Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center

This seems like wishful thinking. I would be very surprised if there were any clinical data in this regard. Alopecia will be far more related to other factors such as nearness of the target volume to the skin surface and, with IMRT and other treatments that use multiple angled beams, the "obliquity ...

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