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.

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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic

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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 data that ultra cen...

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