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What dose constraint do you use for the spinal cord in the setting of re-irradiation?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Washington School of Medicine

Dr. Arjun Sahgal published the dose constraints in Red J.

Reirradiation human spinal cord tolerance for stereotactic body radiotherapy.
Sahgal A, Ma L, Weinberg V, Gibbs IC, Chao S, Chang UK, Werner-Wasik M, Angelov L, Chang EL, Sohn MJ, Soltys SG, Létourneau D, Ryu S, Gerszten PC, Fowler J, Wong CS,...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Washington School of Medicine

The timing, contribution dose from SBRT, and total nominal BED (2 Gy eq) were discussed.

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