The influence of interpatient and intrapatient rectum variation on external beam treatment of prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1111-1119

  Yan, Di ^a   Xu, Benhua ^a   Lockman, David ^a   Kota, Kamal ^a   Brabbins, Donald S ^a   Wong, John ^a   Martinez, Aluaro A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Rectal dose; Sensitivity of rectal NTCP variation; Uncertainty of rectal NTCP evaluation; Volume variation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOSIMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE; TUMORS;

PLANNING TARGET VOLUME (PTV);

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TARGET ORGAN; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035889319     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02599-8     Document Type: Article

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