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Table 7 Tumor, acute mucosal and late normal BED for two fractionation scheme

From: Definitive radiotherapy for early stage glottic cancer by 6 MV photons

Dose size (Gy)

Fraction number

Total dose (Gy)

Overall treatment time (OTT) in days

Tumor BED (Gy15)

Acute Mucosal BED(Gy10)(aim 59-63 Gy10)[13]

Late normal BED (Gy3)(aim <117 Gy3)[13]

2.0

35

70

47

66.79

52.32

117

2.5

23

57.5

31

65.28

52.87

105.4

  1. Abbreviations: BED = biologically effective dose.
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Head & Neck Oncology

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