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SUBMITTER: Badiyan SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6219962 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Badiyan Shahed N SN Hallemeier Christopher L CL Lin Steven H SH Hall Matthew D MD Chuong Michael D MD
Journal of gastrointestinal oncology 20181001 5
Despite the conformality of modern X-ray therapy limiting high dose received by normal tissues the physical properties of X-rays make it impossible to avoid dose being delivered distal to the target. This "exit dose" is likely clinically significant especially for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers when considering that even low dose received by the heart, lungs, bowel, and other radiosensitive structures can lead to morbidity and even may affect long-term tumor control. In contrast, pr ...[more]