Palliative intensity modulated radiotherapy of bone metastases based on diagnostic instead of planning computed tomography scans

Background and purpose: Radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning is as a standard based on a computed tomography (CT) scan obtained at the planning stage (pCT), while most of the decisions whether to treat by RT are based on diagnostic CT scans (dCT). Bone metastases (BM) are the most common palliative...

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Main Authors: Suvi Larjavaara, Satu Strengell, Tiina Seppälä, Mikko Tenhunen, Anu Anttonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405631623000477