ON THE IMPACT OF IMPROVED DOSE CALCULATION ACCURACY IN CLINICAL TREATMENT PLANNING FOR SUPERFICIAL HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY OF EXTENSIVE SCALP LESIONS

On the impact of improved dose calculation accuracy in clinical treatment planning for superficial high-dose-rate brachytherapy of extensive scalp lesions

TG-43-based map of frank church wilderness dose calculations disregard tissue heterogeneities and finite scatter conditions, prompting the introduction of model-based dose calculation algorithms (MBDCAs) to improve accuracy in high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy.This study evaluated the effectiveness of MBDCAs over TG-43 in HDR 192Ir brachytherapy o

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Is Support of Censoring Controversial Media Content for the Good of Others? Sexual Strategies and Support of Censoring Pro-Alcohol Advertising

At least in the United States, there are widespread concerns with advertising that encourages alcohol consumption, and previous research explains those concerns as aiming to protect others from the harm of excessive alcohol use.1 Drawing on sexual strategies theory, we hypothesized that support of censoring pro-alcohol advertising is ultimately sel

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