Clinical implementation of dynamic and step-and-shoot IMRT to treat prostate cancer with high risk of pelvic lymph node involvement

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Adams, Elizabeth J ^a   Convery, David J ^a   Cosgrove, Vivian P ^a,b   McNair, Helen A ^a   Staffurth, John N ^a   Vaarkamp, Jaap ^a,c   Nutting, Christopher M ^a   Warrington, Alan P ^a   Webb, Steve ^a   Balyckyi, Jan ^a   Dearnaley, David P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose escalation; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 10744221799     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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