Positioning errors and prostate motion during conformal prostate radiotherapy using on-line isocentre set-up verification and implanted prostate markers

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-133

  Wu, Jackson ^a   Haycocks, Tara ^a   Alasti, Hamideh ^a   Ottewell, Geri ^a   Middlemiss, Nancy ^a   Abdolell, Mohamed ^a   Warde, Padraig ^a   Toi, Ants ^b   Catton, Charles ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Planning target volume; Prostate

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MOTION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0034748364     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00452-2     Document Type: Article

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