Basic Treatment Planning

Margins

• Clinically used margin for breast: 0 mm!  Adapted from sim-technique - it’s just beam setup  Clearly not enough according to conventional margin ideas

• Clinically used margin for boost: 5 mm  Let’s see if that’s enough

Systematic

Random

Delineation

2.0 mm 1.5 mm

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Setup

2.5 mm 2.0 mm 3.2 mm

Shape changes 2.0 mm

Total

3.2 mm

 Margin: 2.5 * 3.2 + 0.3 * 3.2 = 9 mm

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