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Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning and Conformal Therapy

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Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy

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9.9 Summary and Conclusion

The use of 3D CRT treatment planning and treatment has had a major impact on the practice of radiation therapy. There are very few tumor types whose treatment has not been radically impacted by its use. For the most part this impact has been of major importance and benefit. But as with any major technical advance, the requirements for its use have had a major impact on the requirement for enhanced quality assurance from all members of the treatment team. If one carefully reads the previous sections related to the quality-assurance demands made on the entire treatment team, it is obvious that a great deal more time is required from all involved in the quest to achieve precise and increased dose to the tumor PTV, and to minimize the dose to the normal organs at risk PRV.

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    James A. Purdy PhD & Srinivasan Vijayakumar MD

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Purdy, J.A., Michalski, J.M., Bradley, J., Vijayakumar, S., Perez, C.A., Levitt, S.H. (2006). Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning and Conformal Therapy. In: Levitt, S.H., Purdy, J.A. (eds) Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-35665-7_9

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