Strategies to reduce the systematic error due to tumor and rectum motion in radiotherapy of prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-185

  Hoogeman, Mischa S ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   De Bois, Josien ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Organ motion; Prostate cancer; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 14744296853     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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