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Radiation Therapy Dose Calculator

Radiation Therapy Dose Calculator

When radiation therapy is used to treat cancer it is given in moderate size daily fractions for a period of weeks. This applet performs the necessary calculations under the linear quadratic model described by Professor Fowler.

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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
February 26, 1998
Date Modified in MERLOT:
April 11, 2018
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
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College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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English
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Lynne Eggert
Lynne Eggert (Faculty)
4 years ago
This tool is very easy to use and effectively demonstrates equivalent dose to various organs at risk based on total dose, initial dose per fraction and desired dose per fraction using a linear quadratic model.