Investigation of bladder dose and volume factors influencing late urinary toxicity after external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1059-1065

  Cheung, M Rex ^a   Tucker, Susan L ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   de Crevoisier, Renaud ^a   Lee, Andrew K ^a   Frank, Steven ^a   Kudchadker, Rajat J ^a   Thames, Howard ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Kuban, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GU toxicity; Normal tissue complication probability; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ONCOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

GU TOXICITY; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33847283417     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.10.042     Document Type: Article

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