The use of 3-D dose volume analysis to predict radiation hepatitis.

Although it is well known that the tolerance of the liver to external beam irradiation depends on the null of liver irradiated, few data exist which quantify this dependence. Therefore, a review was carried out of our clinical trial for the treatment of intrahepatic malignancies in which the dose of radiation delivered depended on the null of normal liver treated. Three dimensional treatment planning using dose-volume histogram analysis of the...