Treating the contents and not the container: dosimetric study of hair-sparing whole brain intensity modulated radiation therapy.

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Radiation Oncology · University of Iowa

Interesting question. I have not created an avoidance. It’s my experience that doses of about 50 Gy+ commonly cause permanent hair loss. It’s hard to avoid hair loss in areas where elective nodal or mucosal/skin coverage is needed. It’s certainly disappointing for some patients. In many scenarios of...