Variation of clinical target volume definition among japanese radiation oncologists in external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-280

  Nakamura, Katsumasa ^a   Shioyama, Yoshiyuki ^b   Tokumaru, Sunao ^c   Hayashi, Nobuyuki ^d   Oya, Natsuo ^e   Hiraki, Yoshiyuki ^f   Kusuhara, Kazuo ^g   Toita, Takafumi ^h   Suefuji, Hiroaki ⁱ   Hayabuchi, Naofumi ⁱ   Terashima, Hiromi ^j   Makino, Masaoki ^k   Jingu, Kenichi ^l  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

ⁱ KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KAGOSHIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^l ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Radiation oncology; Radiology CT MRI; Urologic RadOncol

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CERTIFICATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECIALTY BOARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42549122735     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyn014     Document Type: Article

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