Variation in prostate position quantitation and implications for three- dimensional conformal treatment planning

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-81

  Melian, Edward ^a,b   Mageras, Gig S ^a   Fuks, Zvi ^a   Leibel, Steven A ^a   Niehaus, Anita ^a   Lorant, Helen ^a   Zelefsky, Michael ^a   Baldwin, Bernard ^a   Kutcher, Gerald J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Conformal treatment planning; Prostate position

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0031128389     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00221-6     Document Type: Article

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