A critical evaluation of the planning target volume for 3-D conformal radiotherapy of prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 213-221

  Tinger, Alfred ^a   Michalski, Jeff M ^a,b   Cheng, Abel ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a   Zhu, Ron ^a   Bosch, Walter R ^a   Purdy, James A ^a   Perez, Carlos A ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Conformal; Organ motion; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0031694576     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00189-8     Document Type: Article

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