Proton-beam vs intensity-modulated radiation therapy: Which is best for treating prostate cancer?

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 748-754

  Nguyen, Paul L ^a   Trofimov, Alexei ^a   Zietman, Anthony L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47549090288     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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