Considerations on treatment efficiency of different conformal radiation therapy techniques for prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-36

  Verellen, Dirk ^a   Linthout, Nadine ^a   Soete, Guy ^a   Van Acker, Swana ^a   De Roover, Patsy ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conformal radiation therapy; Dynamic arc treatment; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Sequential tomotherapy; Treatment efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0036285772     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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