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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(17):1264-1265; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn238
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press.

CORRESPONDENCE

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

Chun-Ru Chien, Chih-Yi Chen, Ji-An Liang

Affiliations of authors: Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology (CRC, JAL) and Cancer Center (CYC), China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan

Correspondence to: Ji-An Liang, MD, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, China Medical University Hospital, 2nd Yuh-Der Road, Taichung City, Taiwan (email: a0080@ms2.hinet.net).

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We read the excellent pattern-of-care study about dose prescription, recording, and delivery of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) by Das et al. (1). We feel that this is an important topic, but some issues remained to be clarified.

First, the main result of this study was the variation in the planned dose that was delivered to the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Appendix: WinBUGS program for estimation of the actual minimal dose to the CTV after 35 fractions of radiotherapy.


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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]