Testing the new ICRU 62 'planning organ at risk volume' concept for the rectum

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-302

  Muren, Ludvig Paul ^a,b   Karlsdottir, Ása ^a,b   Kvinnsland, Yngve ^a,b   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^b   Dahl, Olav ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Geometrical uncertainties; Margins; Pelvic radiotherapy; Planning organ at risk volume; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSE CALCULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINAL VESICLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM;

EID: 22444449581     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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