CyberKnife radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: Rationale and technical feasibility

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-29

  King, Christopher R ^a   Lehmann, Joerg ^a   Adler, John R ^a   Hai, Jenny ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CyberKnife; Hypo fractionation; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAMMA KNIFE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOGRAPHY; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOSURGERY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0037843638     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460300200104     Document Type: Article

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