• Late side-effects

    Late side-effects or toxicity of the normal tissues due to radiation therapy will – as a general radiobiological rule – be smaller in fractionated radiation therapy. The risk of radiation-induced complications is expected to be rare with modern equipment, modern techniques and current recommended doses of 45 to 50 Gray in 1.8 Gray fractions in an overall treatment time of 5 weeks53.

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