Optimal starting gantry angles using equiangular-spaced beams with intensity modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer on RTOG 0126: A clinical study of 5 and 7 fields

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-305

  Potrebko, Peter S ^a,b   McCurdy, Boyd M C ^a,b   Butler, James B ^a,b   El Gubtan, Adel S ^a,b   Nugent, Zoann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CancerCare Manitoba ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Gantry angle optimization; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; EQUIANGULAR SPACE RADIATION BEAM; GANTRY ANGLE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 36349013125     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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