Rectal Dose-Volume Differences Using Proton Radiotherapy and a Rectal Balloon or Water Alone for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1110-1116

  Vargas, Carlos ^a   Mahajan, Chaitali ^a   Fryer, Amber ^a   Indelicato, Daniel ^a   Henderson, Randal H ^a   McKenzie, Craig ^a   Horne, David ^a   Chellini, Angela ^a   Lawlor, Paula ^a   Li, Zuofeng ^a   Oliver, Kenneth ^a   Keole, Sameer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose volume; Prostate cancer; Proton therapy; Rectal balloon; Rectal doses; Rectal wall doses; Water alone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE VOLUMES; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY; RECTAL BALLOONS; RECTAL DOSES; RECTAL WALL DOSES;

ONCOLOGY;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; SIMULATION; TARGET ORGAN;

BALLOON DILATATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 35448969419     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.075     Document Type: Article

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