A dose-escalation trial with the adaptive radiotherapy process as a delivery system in localized prostate cancer: Analysis of chronic toxicity

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 400-408

  Brabbins, Donald ^a   Martinez, Alvaro ^a   Yan, Di ^a   Lockman, David ^a   Wallace, Michell ^a   Gustafson, Gary ^a   Chen, Peter ^a   Vicini, Frank ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; chronic toxicity; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY (ART); CHRONIC TOXICITY; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME (CTV); PROSTATE CANCER;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BLEEDING; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION; FISTULA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; ULCER; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 12844259042     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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