A case study of radiotherapy planning for a bilateral metal hip prosthesis prostate cancer patient

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-175

  Su, Andy ^a   Reft, Chester ^a   Rash, Carla ^a   Price, Jennifer ^a   Jani, Ashesh B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Prostate cancer; Prostheses; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

METAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 23844543852     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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