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In SRS treatment planning, can a dosimetrist take the place of a medical physicist?

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Radiation Oncology · Cleveland Clinic

Our program has used a physicist and the plan is signed off by a physicist for intracranial cases. For spine SRS cases, we have used dosimetrists, as long as it is overseen by a physicist. I don't believe there are any specific rules that does not allow a dosimetrist to do the planning, as long as i...

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