Sphincter-preserving radiation therapy for rectal cancer: A simulation study using three-dimensional computerized technology

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 570-574

  Gervaz, P ^a   Lavertu, S ^a   Kazemba, B ^a   Pemberton, John H ^a   Haddock, M G ^a   Gunderson, L L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter; Computer; Conformal; Dose volume histogram; Radiation; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SURGEON; THEORY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRTUAL REALITY; VOLUMETRY;

ANAL CANAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 33747074323     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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