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What cumulative dose constraints would you use for the normal liver when repeating SBRT for liver metastases with a longer time interval (i.e. 2-3 years)?

Do you factor in the time interval when deciding cumulative dose constraints?
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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic, Rochester
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I will assess cumulative dose within the normal liver with retreatment but if the interval is 2-3 years, I think there has been enough repair in a non cirrhotic liver that one could consider it nearly de novo treatment. There has been very little literature directly examining the impact of re-irradi...

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