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What cumulative dose constraints to you utilize when treating high risk prostate cancer with combined external beam and brachytherapy boost?

Do you utilize EQD2 rectal and bladder constraints?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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With EBRT and LDR we don’t use any specific constraints . we avoid any hot spot at bladder neck and limit prescribed dose to rectum to less than 1 cc . We now routinely use space OAR for boost so rectal dose is usually not a concern.

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