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Approximately 50% of cancer patients are estimated to receive radiation therapy as part of their total treatment regimen. External-beam treatment methods most commonly used at the Department of Radiation Oncology at Copenhagen University Hospital include 3D conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), intensity-modulated arc therapy (IMAT), and stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT). Radiation therapy can either cure patients of malignant disease or palliate symptoms caused by malignant disease. Radiation therapy is an inexpensive treatment method compared with, for example, surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy [1]. One of the most pronounced disadvantages of radiation therapy is the acute side effects in normal tissue, e.g., mucous membranes occurring during and after the treatment. Correctly identifying and including all tumor cells in the target volume and avoiding as much normal tissue as possible is the challenge of curative radiation therapy, especially when the new treatment methods, such as 3D-CRT, IMRT, IMAT, and SRT, are used.
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Loft, A., Berthelsen, A.K. (2014). PET/CT-Based Dose Planning in Radiation Therapy. In: Hodler, J., von Schulthess, G.K., Kubik-Huch, R.A., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis 2014–2017. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5659-6_33
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