A three-field arc technique (3-FAT) for treating prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 733-738

  Weil, Michael D ^a,b   Pickett, Barby ^a   Kuerth, Sandy ^a   Roach III, Mack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal; Noncoplanar; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; SEMINAL VESICLE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032006962     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00351-9     Document Type: Article

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