Association of rectal toxicity with thermal dose parameters in treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer with radiation and hyperthermia

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 913-918

  Hurwitz, Mark D ^a,b   Kaplan, Irving D ^a,c   Hansen, Jorgen L ^a,b   Prokopios Davos, Savina ^a,b   Topulos, George P ^b   Wishnow, Kenneth ^c   Manola, Judith ^a   Bornstein, Bruce A ^a,b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Prostate cancer; Rectum; Thermometry; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

THERMAL DOSE PARAMETERS;

ONCOLOGY;

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RECTUM; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037100125     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02809-2     Document Type: Article

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