Grading-System-Dependent Volume Effects for Late Radiation-Induced Rectal Toxicity After Curative Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1138-1145

  van der Laan, Hans Paul ^a   van den Bergh, Alphons ^a   Schilstra, Cornelis ^a   Vlasman, Renske ^a   Meertens, Harm ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose volume effects; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Rectal toxicity; Toxicity grading systems

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

DOSE-VOLUME EFFECTS; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTAL TOXICITY; TOXICITY GRADING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 39749195080     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.07.2363     Document Type: Article

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