Rectal wall sparing effect of three different endorectal balloons in 3D conformal and IMRT prostate radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 565-576

  Van Lin, Emile N J Th ^a   Hoffmann, Aswin L ^a   Van Kollenburg, Peter ^a   Leer, Jan Willem ^a   Visser, Andries G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Endorectal balloon; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Prostate; Rectal toxicity

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROBABILITY; TISSUE; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; ENDORECTAL BALLOON; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PROSTATE; RECTAL TOXICITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BALLOON; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24944514551     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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