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Technological Advance Enabling Alternate Fractionation

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Alternate Fractionation in Radiotherapy

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Alternate fractionation can only be safely implemented when the target to normal tissue ratio is high. Recent advances in technology, such as improved localization using imaging, with or without fiducial placement, are combined with improved computer algorithms to allow safe delivery of high dose per fraction radiotherapy.

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  1. John D Cronin Cancer Center, 1401 Harrodsburg Rd, Lexington, KY, USA

    Olivier Gayou

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  1. Allegheny General Hospital Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Drexel University College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Mark Trombetta

  2. Radiation Oncology Department, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Jean-Philippe Pignol

  3. Allegheny Health Network, Temple University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Paolo Montemaggi

  4. Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Society, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Luther W. Brady

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Gayou, O. (2017). Technological Advance Enabling Alternate Fractionation. In: Trombetta, M., Pignol, JP., Montemaggi, P., Brady, L.W. (eds) Alternate Fractionation in Radiotherapy. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2017_29

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