Patient positioning in prostate radiotherapy: Is prone better than supine?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 365-371

  Weber, Damien C ^a   Nouet, Philippe ^a   Rouzaud, Michel ^a   Miralbell, Raymond ^a  

^a Radiation Oncology Department of the University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Prone position; Prostate cancer; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRONE POSITION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0034193201     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00458-7     Document Type: Article

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