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. 2019 May 1;9:337. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00337

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Copyright © 2019 Zeng, Tseng, Soliman, Weiss, Sahgal and Myrehaug.

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A man with oligometastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer with painful spine metastases. This man was treated to 24 Gy in 2 fractions. (a) Axial planning CT scan demonstrating T6 vertebral level with gross tumor volume (GTV), clinical target volume (CTV), and planning target volume (PTV) delineated with red, green, and blue lines, respectively. (b) Sagittal planning CT demonstrating T6 vertebral level with GTV, CTV, and PTV in red, green, and blue, respectively. (c) Dose distribution at the level of T6 with PTV (colorwash blue) and spinal cord planning organ at risk volume (PRV) in colorwash green. Demonstration of sharp-dose fall-off to respect critical structures while allowing coverage of the target volumes.