Prostate position late in the course of external beam therapy: Patterns and predictors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 655-660

  Zellars, Richard C ^a   Roberson, Peter L ^a,b   Strawderman, Myla ^a   Zhang, Daowen ^a   Sandler, Howard M ^a   Ten Haken, Randall K ^a   Osher, David ^b   McLaughlin, P William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate; Prostate motion; Prostatic neoplasms; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SEMINAL VESICLE;

HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0034213169     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00469-7     Document Type: Article

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