Variation of clinical target volume definition in three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 931-935

  Valicenti, Richard K ^a   Sweet, John W ^a   Hauck, Walter W ^b   Hudes, Richard S ^a   Lee, Tony ^a   Dicker, Adam P ^a   Waterman, Frank M ^a   Anne, Pramila R ^a   Corn, Benjamin W ^a   Galvin, James M ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical target volume; Prostate cancer; Radiation therapy; Variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMINAL VESICLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033026886     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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