Rotational 3D-conformal radiation therapy (conformation therapy) combined with hormone therapy for the treatment of stage B2/C prostate cancer in Japanese men

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 208-212

  Karasawa, Katsuyuki ^a,b   Kaizu, Toshihide ^a   Niibe, Yuzuru ^a   Igaki, Hiroshi ^a   Shinohara, Mitsuru ^b   Tanaka, Yoshiaki ^a,c   Matsuda, Tadayoshi ^a,d  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tamananbu Regional Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Hormone therapy; Prostate cancer; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOSPHATES; TUMORS;

CONFORMATION THERAPY (CRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHLORMADINONE ACETATE; FLUTAMIDE; FOSFESTROL; GOSERELIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037403231     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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