Variability of bladder filling in patients receiving radical radiotherapy to the prostate

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-340

  O'Doherty, Úna M ^a   McNair, Helen A ^a   Norman, Andrew R ^b   Miles, Elizabeth ^a   Hooper, Simon ^a   Davies, Mark ^a   Lincoln, Naomi ^a   Balyckyi, Jan ^a   Childs, Peter ^a   Dearnaley, David P ^a   Huddart, Robert A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Medical Statistics ^*

Author keywords

Bladder filling; Bladder volume; Organ motion; Patient information; Prostate carcinoma cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FILLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF EVALUATION; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; DRINKING; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 33746326773     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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