Radiobiology 2016

1/03/2016

Scoring of side-effects: frequency

• Progressive nature of late reactions

Breast Ca, post-op RT

Long latent times Large inter-patient variation

Turesson 1990

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Scoring of side-effects: frequency

• Long latent time of late reactions

174 treatment fields: even 9 years after treatment, about 2% of patients show the mildest grade of telangiectasia for the first time

Bentzen 1990

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