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Advances in Radiation Oncology in Lung Cancer pp 143–156Cite as

3D Radiation Treatment Planning and Execution

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Technological advances have become commercially available and widely implemented. In particular, 3D conformal therapy has become the first step in improving the targeting of dose to the tumor while sparing dose to normal tissue. The treatment planning process including beam design, treatment planning objectives, and dose calculation issues for 3D radiation treatment planning will be reviewed. Topics such as target volume definition, use of imaging, set-up uncertainties, respiration control, and normal tissue tolerance are briefly introduced.

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  1. Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe BLVD, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

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Martel, M.K. (2011). 3D Radiation Treatment Planning and Execution. In: Jeremic, B. (eds) Advances in Radiation Oncology in Lung Cancer. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2011_302

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