Conformal photon-beam radiotherapy of prostate carcinoma

European Urology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 515-522

  Bogers, J A ^a   Van der Maazen, R W M ^a   Visser, A G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; URETHRA STRICTURE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0036586643     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(02)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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