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What dose constraint do you use for the brainstem for repeat cranial irradiation?

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Radiation Oncology · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

This depends on the disease I am treating, the interval time from initial radiation, prior radiation dose and fractionation. and whether or not I am re-irradiating by fractionated or radiosurgery. If this is a recurrent high grade glioma such that the brainstem was previously treated up to 54 to 60 ...

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