A prospective comparison of three systems of patient immobilization for prostate radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 657-665

  Malone, S ^a   Szanto, J ^a   Perry, G ^a   Gerig, L ^a   Manion, S ^a   Dahrouge, S ^a   Crook, J ^a  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha cradle; Conformal radiotherapy; Hipfix; Immobilization; Leg cushion; Prostate cancer; Setup errors

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RELIABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034307217     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00682-9     Document Type: Article

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