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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on August 26, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(17):1263; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn234
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press.

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Re: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Dose Prescription, Recording, and Delivery: Patterns of Variability Among Institutions and Treatment Planning Systems

Arthur Olch, Robert Lavey

Affiliations of authors: Department of Radiation Oncology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Correspondence to: Arthur Olch, PhD, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California, Department of Radiation Oncology, 4650 Sunset Blvd, MS #54, Los Angeles, CA 90027 (e-mail: aolch@chla.usc.edu).

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The recent article by Das et al. (1) questions the validity of comparing outcome data for patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatments across multiple centers because of the inherent heterogeneity of the dose distribution. Their data supporting this assertion consist of the minimum, maximum, median, and isocenter point doses for 803 . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Response: Re: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Dose Prescription, Recording, and Delivery: Patterns of Variability Among Institutions and Treatment Planning Systems
I. J. Das, C. W. Cheng, K. L. Chopra, R. K. Mitra, S. P. Srivastava, and E. Glatstein
J Natl Cancer Inst 2008 100: 1265-1266. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Response: Re: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Dose Prescription, Recording, and Delivery: Patterns of Variability Among Institutions and Treatment Planning Systems
John Willins and Lisa Kachnic
J Natl Cancer Inst 2008 100: 1266-1267. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]