Intraprostatic fiducials for localization of the prostate gland: Monitoring intermarker distances during radiation therapy to test for marker stability

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1291-1296

  Kupelian, Patrick A ^a   Willoughby, Twyla R ^a   Meeks, Sanford L ^a   Forbes, Alan ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^a   Maach, Mourad ^a   Langen, Katja M ^a  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily localization; External radiation; Intraprostatic markers; Prostate localization; Stability of markers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DEFORMATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

INTERMARKER DISTANCES (IMD); INTRAPROSTATIC FIDUCIALS; ORGAN DEFORMATION; PROSTATE GLANDS; STANDARD DEVIATION (SD);

RADIOTHERAPY;

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION FIELD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY;

HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 22144456659     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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