Influence of the initial rectal distension on posterior margins in primary and postoperative radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-290

  Pinkawa, Michael ^a   Siluschek, Jaroslav ^a   Gagel, Bernd ^a   Demirel, Cengiz ^a   Asadpour, Branka ^a   Holy, Richard ^a   Eble, Michael J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Organ motion; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Rectal distension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SUPINE POSITION;

DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845188961     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.10.028     Document Type: Article

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