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Dosimetry for Epidemiologic Studies for Conventional Radiation Therapy

Dr. Rebecca Howell presents a discussion of methods to reconstruct doses for epidemiological studies of late effects from cancer radiotherapy. She describes the sources of information and steps for dose reconstruction; discusses different levels of dose reconstruction such as average organ dose, dose to second cancer site, and body-region dose; and presents issues of record quality and dose uncertainty.

Download Dr. Howell's slides in pdf format (8.7 MB).

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