This effect is minimized in photon therapy but can become quite significant in proton therapy, especially if OARs are lying just behind the target/Bragg peak, and can vary from institution to institution and with differing forms of proton delivery technique (passively beam scattered protons versus intensity modulated proton therapy).
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NTCP Modeling of Late Effects for Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review.
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