Dose/volume relationship of late rectal bleeding after external beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: Absolute or relative rectal volume?

Cancer Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-66

  Kupelian, Patrick A ^a   Reddy, Chandana A ^a   Carlson, Thomas P ^a   Willoughby, Twyla R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulation; Late toxicity; Local therapy; Prostatic neoplasms; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEMINAL VESICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM; RECTUM DISEASE; TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036359536     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130404-200201000-00011     Document Type: Article

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