Evaluating Inter-fractional Changes in Volume and Position during Bladder Radiotherapy and the Effect of Volume Limitation as a Method of Reducing the Internal Margin of the Planning Target Volume

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 698-704

  Mangar, S A ^a   Miller, N R ^b   Khoo, V S ^b   Hansen, V ^b   McNair, H ^b   Horwich, A ^b   Huddart, R A ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder radiotherapy; inter fractional changes; volume limitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER EMPTYING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MICTURITION; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; MOTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52749094771     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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