3D conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer in elderly patients

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Geinitz, Hans ^a   Zimmermann, Frank B ^a   Thamm, Reinhard ^a   Schumertl, Andreas ^a   Busch, Raymonde ^b   Molls, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

bNED survival; Conformal radiation therapy; Elderly; Old; Prostate cancer; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 23244460266     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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