Overview of the forthcoming AAPM TG-158 Report, 'Measurements and calculations of doses outside the treatment volume from External Beam Radiation Therapy'

摘要

The evolution of techniques and technology in radiotherapy has greatly improved our ability to deliver higher tumor doses while minimizing the dose to the adjacent organs at risk. However, this improved conformality has not removed the problem of doses to normal tissues outside the target volume. Whether these out-of-field doses arise from photons, electrons, protons or neutrons, there are unique challenges that many medical physicists may have limited knowledge about or experience with.