Rectal sequelae after conformal radiotherapy of prostate cancer: Dose-volume histograms as predictive factors

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-70

  Wachter, Stefan ^a   Gerstner, Natascha ^a   Goldner, Gregor ^a   Pötzi, Regina ^a   Wambersie, Andre ^b   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Dose volume histogram; Endoscopy; Late radiation morbidity; Prostate cancer; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION HAZARD; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONOSCOPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035313733     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00281-X     Document Type: Article

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