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What "normal brain - PTV" dose constraint would you recommend for a large solitary cerebellar metastasis, planning 3 or 5 fraction SRT?

For an elderly man presenting with large solitary cerebellar metastasis from melanoma, is your constraint different for cerebellar vs cerebral metastasis?
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Radiation Oncology · Lynn Cancer Institute - Baptist Health City, Baptist Health South Florida
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There are two relevant studies that I utilize for relevant planning considerations: HyTEC (which examined data from 51 reports for NCTP modeling for 1-, 3-, and 5-fractions) as well as Upadhyay et al. (which examined outcomes from a high-volume single-institution center where 3 fractions is their in...

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