Preoperative Radiation Treatment for Rectal Cancer: Comparison of Target Coverage and Small Bowel NTCP in Conventional vs. 3D-Conformal Planning

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Cella, Laura ^a   Ciscognetti, Nunzia ^a   Martin, Giuseppe ^a   Liuzzi, Raffaele ^a   Punzo, Giorgio ^a   Solla, Raffaele ^a   Farella, Antonio ^a   Salvatore, Marco ^a   Pacelli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D conformal RT; NTCP; Rectal cancer; Treatment technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CALCULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; PELVIS; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM CANCER; SIMULATION; SMALL INTESTINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 58749101918     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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