Relationships Between Rectal Wall Dose-Volume Constraints and Radiobiologic Indices of Toxicity for Patients With Prostate Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-49

  Marzi, Simona ^a   Arcangeli, Giorgio ^a   Saracino, Bianca ^a   Petrongari, Maria G ^a   Bruzzaniti, Vicente ^a   Iaccarino, Giuseppe ^a   Landoni, Valeria ^a   Soriani, Antonella ^a   Benassi, Marcello ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dose volume constraints; Equivalent uniform dose; Late rectal bleeding; Normal tissue complication probability; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

DOSE-VOLUME CONSTRAINTS; EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE; LATE RECTAL BLEEDING; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOBIOLOGY; RECTUM; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ALGORITHMS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOBIOLOGY; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM;

EID: 34247130435     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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