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Treatment Planning: Selection of Physical Factors and Radiation Techniques

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In radiotherapy, treatment planning refers to the process of selecting the tumor dose prescription, daily dose, fractionation schedule, and arrangement of the radiation beam to achieve the desired radiation dose distribution in a target volume. The radiation beam selected depends on the location and shape, in all three dimensions, of the target volume.

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Goldschmidt, H. (1991). Treatment Planning: Selection of Physical Factors and Radiation Techniques. In: Modern Dermatologic Radiation Therapy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9041-1_5

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