Radiotherapy of bladder cancer: Relevance of bladder volume changes in planning boost treatment

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 741-746

  Miralbell, Raymond ^a   Nouet, Philippe ^a   Rouzaud, Michel ^a   Bardina, Anna ^a   Hejira, Nasser ^b   Schneider, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CLINIQUE DE GENOLIER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Conformal radiotherapy; Localization; Precision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0031831506     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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