Rectal wall sparing by dosimetric effect of rectal balloon used during Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) for prostate cancer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-30

  Teh, Bin S ^a,b   Dong, Lei ^a,b   McGary, John E ^a,b   Mai, Wei Yuan ^a,b   Grant III, Walter ^a,b   Butler, E Brian ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetric effects; Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Rectal balloon; Rectal wall dose sparing; Reduced rectal toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; STEROID;

AIR; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BODY POSTURE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DOSIMETRY; FILM; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM MUCOSA; SIMULATION;

EID: 14644403096     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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