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Brain and Spine: Dose Painting /Conformal A id /T h i lAd ... - ASTRO

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Objectives<br />

• Review the technical advances in radiation<br />

oncology that have allowed optimization of<br />

radiation delivery y for brain <strong>and</strong> spine p tumors.<br />

• Discuss methods to direct dose to the tumor<br />

while minimizing dose to the normal neural<br />

tissues.<br />

• Review ongoing RTOG studies that incorporate<br />

dose painting <strong>and</strong> conformal avo<strong>id</strong>ance

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