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I. Abstract
II. Introduction
A. The role of adaptive radiation therapy as it pertains to patient-specific changes in daily
treatment of prostate cancer.
B. Importance of keeping the bladder and rectum volumes constant during the treatment of
prostate cancer.
C. Variations in daily delivered dose versus predicted dose from the initial CT scan due to
variations in bladder and rectum volumes.
D. Using MIM Software to compare delivered and desired dose distributions and to adapt
the treatment plan to account for variations.
IV. Conclusion
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