Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for a prostate patient with a metal prosthesis

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 305-308

  Kung, Jong H ^a   Reft, Chester ^b   Jackson, Wells ^b   Abdalla, Ibrahim ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Prostate; Prosthesis; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CANCER CENTER; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; METALS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0035659744     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(01)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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