Evaluation of image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) technologies and their impact on the outcomes of hypofractionated prostate cancer treatments: A radiobiologic analysis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 289-300

  Song, William Y ^a,b   Schaly, Bryan ^c   Bauman, Glenn ^a,b   Battista, Jerry J ^a,b   Van Dyk, Jake ^a,b  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypofractionation; Image guided radiation therapy; Normal tissue complication probability; Prostate cancer; TCP

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FRACTIONATION; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROSTHETICS; TISSUE;

HYPOFRACTIONATION; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; TCP;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; SIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29244431948     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.08.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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