Daily CT localization for correcting portal errors in the treatment of prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1079-1086

  Lattanzi, Joseph ^a   McNeely, Shawn ^a   Hanlon, Alexandra ^a   Das, Indra ^a   Schultheiss, Timothy E ^a   Hanks, Gerald E ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Organ motion; Prostate cancer; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; URETHROGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032527644     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00156-4     Document Type: Article

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