Comparing 3-, 4- and 6-fields techniques for conformal irradiation of prostate and seminal vesicles using dose-volume histograms

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-257

  Fiorino, Claudio ^a   Reni, Michele ^b   Cattaneo, Giovanni Mauro ^a   Bolognesi, Angelo ^b   Calandrino, Riccardo ^a  

^a Servizio di Fisica Sanitaria   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Radiochemioterapia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Dose volume histograms; Prostate cancer; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR HEAD; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE;

FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0030833379     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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