A study of the effects of internal organ motion on dose escalation in conformal prostate treatments

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-270

  Happersett, Laura ^a   Mageras, Gig S ^a   Zelefsky, Michael J ^a   Burman, Chandra M ^a   Leibel, Steven A ^a   Chui, Chen ^a   Fuks, Zvi ^a   Bull, Sarah ^b   Ling, C Clifton ^a   Kutcher, Gerald J ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Organ Motion; Prostate

Indexed keywords

BLADDER; BLADDER WALL; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MODULATION; MOTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; TARGET ORGAN; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 12444264448     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00039-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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