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To ensure coverage of the supraclavicular (S/C) nodes in an IMRT plan, the inferior border must be placed:

Brachytherapy can be an effective treatment modality for certain accessible head and neck tumors. In which of the following locations is brachytherapy LEAST likely to be used?

In inverse planning systems used for IMRT or VMAT, the computer repeatedly performs calculations that adjust beam fluence or weighting in small increments until the desired dose objectives are achieved through a process called:

The simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) strategy allows:

Following surgical resection of NSCLC, the decision to administer postoperative radiation therapy is commonly influenced by the lymph node status identified during surgery.

A physician prescribes a tumor dose of 70 Gy to the target volume of the lung. According to the DVH to the right, which is TRUE:

A head and neck cancer patient is treated with a regimen in which two smaller fractions per day are delivered with a slightly increased total dose. This fractionation strategy is called:

A contraindication to lung cancer surgery would NOT include:

The most radiosensitive structure in the head and neck region is the:

A radiation oncology team is evaluating techniques to maximize dose to the PTV while minimizing exposure to organs at risk for a lung cancer patient. Which of the following strategies would likely be LEAST effective?