Consensus guideline
Radiation dose–volume effects in the spinal cord (QUANTEC)
Kirkpatrick JP, van der Kogel AJ, Schultheiss TE · QUANTEC
DoseLab summary
The spinal cord chapter of the 2010 QUANTEC supplement. It reviews the clinical and experimental data on radiation myelopathy, the estimated risk at given dose levels, and the limitations of the evidence.
Why this is useful
The QUANTEC spinal cord chapter: the dose–myelopathy evidence behind the cord limits used in conventional practice, plus what is known about single-fraction and hypofractionated cord tolerance.
Reference details
- Title
- Radiation dose–volume effects in the spinal cord (QUANTEC)
- Authors / organization
- Kirkpatrick JP, van der Kogel AJ, Schultheiss TE · QUANTEC
- Publication / protocol
- Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010;76(3 Suppl):S42–S49
- Version
- Pending verification
- Year
- 2010
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.04.095
- Disease sites
- Lung, Head & Neck, GI, Other, CNS / Brain
- Topics
- Dose Constraints, QUANTEC, Spinal cord, Conventional fractionation
- Fractionation context
- Conventional fractionation, with a section on hypofractionated / SRS data
- Last reviewed by DoseLab
- Pending verification