Target position variability throughout prostate radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1155-1161

  Dawson, Laura A ^a   Mah, Katherine ^a   Franssen, Edmee ^a   Morton, Gerard ^a  

^a Medical Physics Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Prostate motion; Radiotherapy; Target position variability

Indexed keywords

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

HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SEMINAL VESICLES; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032440911     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00265-X     Document Type: Article

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