Partially wedged beams improve radiotherapy treatment of urinary bladder cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-30

  Muren, Ludvig Paul ^a   Hafslund, Rune ^a   Gustafsson, Anders ^b   Smaaland, Rune ^a   Dahl, Olav ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b MDS Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Normal tissue complication probability; Partially wedged radiation beams; Target dose in homogeneity; Tumour control probability; Urinary bladder cancer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035313772     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00337-6     Document Type: Article

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