ESTRO Multidisciplinary Management of Breast Cancer 2017

Which one of these is NOT a good example of systematic uncertainty?

A. A junior physician contouring the target volume (might under- or over-estimate the CTV) B. A patient with a large BMI, who doesn’t fit comfortably in the “breast board” fixation C. A nervous patient, who “tenses up” during simulation D. An outdated dose calculation algorithm, which will underestimate the dose received by the lung tissue.

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