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:In external radiotherapy (RT), the use of flattening filter-free (FFF) radiation beams obtained by removing the flattening filter (FF) in standard linear accelerators is rapidly increasing, and the benefits of clinical use are the issue of research. Advanced treatment techniques have increased the interest in the operation of linear accelerators in FFF mode. The differences of the beams with non-uniform dose distribution created by removing FF compared to the beams with uniform dose distribution used as a standard were examined. These differences were compared in the treatment plans of lung patients who have different planning target volumes (PTV). Clinac IX linear accelerator units were used. Twenty patients with previously completed treatment were divided into two groups depending on the size of the target volume. All patients underwent two different intensity-modulated RT (IMRT) plans using FF and FFF beams. The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test was used to compare two different techniques (Significance p < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the two techniques when looking at the D2%(Gy), D98%(Gy), D50%(Gy), homogeneity (HI), and conformity index (CI) data for both groups. When the critical organ doses were evaluated, there was a statistically significant difference only in the V20(%) values of the lungs, but these differences were not very large. Monitor unit (MU) data were found to be lower in FF planning, and treatment time was lower in FFF planning. Except for shorter treatment times, and of the lungs V20(%) value, in standard fractionated RT of lung cancer, there was no significant difference between the use of FFF and FF techniques for large and small target volumes.
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