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bowel or rectum. The same is true for prostate cancer: when using IMRT it is necessary to ensure that the prostate is accurately targeted. Therefore, IGRT is required to precisely posi-tion the radiation fields by localizing the treatment to the prostate, the desired treatment volume.
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