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April 11, 2026Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics0 citationsOpen Access

Reirradiation treatment effects in the clinic (ReTEC) proposal – proof of concept based on spinal cord dose tolerance for reirradiation with stereotactic body radiotherapy

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JGJimm GrimmAMA. MahadevanOOOlusola Obayomi‐Davies

Key Points

  • The aim is to evaluate the effects of reirradiation treatment on spinal cord dose tolerance using a new model.
  • Developing composite plans for different Dmax locations for each treatment course.
  • Analyzing existing standard guidelines and their applicability to new findings under the ReTEC project.
  • Creating a proof-of-concept Dmax model to assess dosing for reirradiation.
  • The proposed Dmax model offers insights into dose distributions for the spinal cord.
  • Current guidelines may need adjustment based on further analysis under the ReTEC initiative.

Abstract

Due to limited data, we recommend remaining within current standard guidelines until more comprehensive analyses, optimally under the ReTEC initiative, refute or validate these estimates. ReTEC would require composite plans accounting for differing Dmax locations in each course. Nevertheless, this proof-of-concept Dmax model provides insight and serves as a basis to propose ReTEC.

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Grimm et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9e52b78050d08c1b755c6https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.70557
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