An Adaptive Off-Line Procedure for Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1559-1567

  Nuver, Tonnis T ^a   Hoogeman, Mischa S ^a,b   Remeijer, Peter ^a   van Herk, Marcel ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Margins; Prostate cancer; Rectum

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH RISKS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MARGINS; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; ROTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947514462     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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