A phase II trial for the optimisation of treatment position in the radiation therapy of prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

  O'Neill, Louise ^a   Armstrong, John ^b   Buckney, Steve ^a   Assiri, Mushabbab ^c   Cannon, Mairin ^b   Holmberg, Ola ^d  

^a Medical Physics   (Ireland)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bladder; Prostate cancer; Radiation therapy; Rectum; Treatment position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46049098143     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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