Interphysician variability in defining the planning target volume in the irradiation of prostate and seminal vesicles

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-296

  Cazzaniga, Luigi Franco ^a   Marinoni, Maria Antonella ^a   Bossi, Alberto ^a   Bianchi, Ernestina ^a   Cagna, Emanuela ^a   Cosentino, Dorian ^a   Scandolaro, Luciano ^a   Valli, Marica ^a   Frigerio, Milena ^a  

^a Azienda Ospendaliera Sant'Anna ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Planning target volume; Prostate tumours; Quality assurance; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEMINAL VESICLE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETHRA; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0031779558     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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