Practical Issues in the Implementation of Image-guided Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer within a UK Department

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-30

  Rimmer, Y L ^a   Burnet, N G ^b   Routsis, D S ^a   Twyman, N ^a   Hoole, A C F ^a   Treeby, J ^a   Welford, D ^a   Fairfoul, J ^a   'Aho, T ^a   Vowler, S L ^c   Benson, R J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gold seeds; image guided; online correction; prostate; radiotherapy; workload

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HORMONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; GOLD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38149033624     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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