Determination of an optimal treatment margin for intracranial tumours treated with radiotherapy at Groote Schuur Hospital

Determination of an optimal treatment margin for intracranial tumours treated with radiotherapy at Groote Schuur Hospital

Background: Accurate delivery of radiotherapy is a paramount component of providing safe oncological care. Margins are applied when planning radiotherapy to account for subclinical tumour spread, physiological movement and setup error. Setup error is unique to each radiotherapy institution and shoul...

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Main Authors: Andre Vos, Thuran Naiker, Hannelie MacGregor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2020-06-01
Series:South African Journal of Oncology
Subjects:
setup margin
random error
systematic error
intracranial tumours
ctv-ptv expansion margin
Online Access:https://sajo.org.za/index.php/sajo/article/view/124

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