Dose-Volume Parameters of the Corpora Cavernosa Do Not Correlate With Erectile Dysfunction After External Beam Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Results From a Dose-Escalation Trial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 795-800

  van der Wielen, Gerard J ^a   Hoogeman, Mischa S ^a   Dohle, Gert R ^a   van Putten, Wim L J ^a   Incrocci, Luca ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corpora cavernosa; Erectile dysfunction; External beam radiotherapy; Penile bulb; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; DOSIMETERS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

CORPORA CAVERNOSA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; PENILE BULB; PROSTATE CANCER;

DRUG DOSAGE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449138170     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.10.052     Document Type: Article

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