Intensity Modulated Neutron Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1546-1556

  Santanam, Lakshmi ^a   He, Tony ^b   Yudelev, Mark ^c   Forman, Jeffrey D ^c   Orton, Colin G ^c   Heuvel, Frank Vanden ^d   Maughan, Richard L ^e   Burmeister, Jay ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast neutron radiotherapy; Intensity modulated neutron radiotherapy; Optimization; Prostate radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DRUG DOSAGE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING;

FAST NEUTRON RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED; INTENSITY-MODULATED NEUTRON RADIOTHERAPY; PROSTATE RADIOTHERAPY;

TUMORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST NEUTRON THERAPY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINAL VESICLE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALGORITHMS; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUTRONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 34547420677     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.040     Document Type: Article

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