Effect of CT-based treatment planning on portal field size and outcome in radiation treatment of localized prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-30

  Mens, Jan Willem M ^a   Slotman, Berend J ^a   Meijer, Otto W M ^a   Langendijk, Hans A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; CT based treatment planning; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM DISEASE; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROGRAPHY;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0034176513     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00151-1     Document Type: Article

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