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Radiation Oncology • Thoracic Malignancies
For lung SBRT, do you constrain dose to small bronchioles/small airways?
I have seen cited bronchus - smaller airways V32Gy<0.5cc and max point dose 40Gy for stenosis with atelectasis, but unsure sure if this is used in practice because it is not on the RTOG protocols.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Hi MedNet,I got this question via email as well and answered it there, but for the broader community, I’ll answer here too.I do not. There are many ways to think about problems like these and a lot depends on the patient’s characteristics. There’s a convincing amount of anecdotal d...
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