Late rectal bleeding after conformal radiotherapy of prostate cancer (II): volume effects and dose-volume histograms

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 685-698

  Jackson, Andrew ^a   Skwarchuk, Mark W ^a   Zelefsky, Michael J ^a   Cowen, Didier M ^a,b   Venkatraman, Ennapadam S ^a   Levegrun, Sabine ^a,c   Burman, Chandra M ^a   Kutcher, Gerald J ^a   Fuks, Zvi ^a   Liebel, Steven A ^a   Ling, C Clifton ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose volume histograms; Late rectal bleeding; Radiation therapy; Volume effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0035283676     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01414-0     Document Type: Article

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