Effects of urethrography on prostate position: considerations for radiotherapy treatment planning of prostate carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-93

  Malone, Shawn ^a   Donker, Remco ^a   Broader, Mark ^a   Dahrouge, Simone ^a   Szanto, Janos ^a   Gerig, Lee ^a   Bociek, Greg ^a   Crook, Juanita ^a  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Fiducial markers; Prostate apex; Prostate fiducials; Urethrogram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETHROGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; URETHRA; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0033970944     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00425-3     Document Type: Article

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