A comparison of four patient immobilization devices in the treatment of prostate cancer patients with three dimensional conformal radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 213-219

  Song, Paul Y ^a   Washington, Maxine ^a   Vaida, Florin ^b   Hamilton, Russell ^a   Spelbring, Danny ^a   Wyman, Brenda ^a   Harrison, Joanne ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a   Vijayakumar, Srinivasan ^a  

^a MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaplast; Immobilization; Patient motion; Prostate cancer; Three dimensional conformal radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030033457     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02094-2     Document Type: Article

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