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If a patient receives external beam therapy, gets an HDR boost, then resumes external beam therapy, what is the impact to DVS?

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If a patient receives external beam therapy, gets an HDR boost, then resumes external beam therapy, what is the impact to DVS?

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HDR doses can be very high. If the HDR catheter is close (<1cm) to the implanted DVS dosimeter and performed prior to or in between external beam therapy, the dosimeter could be saturated and may not read.