Boost first, eliminate systematic error, and individualize CTV to PTV margin when treating lymph nodes in high-risk prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-358

  Rossi, Peter J ^a   Schreibmann, Eduard ^a   Jani, Ashesh B ^a   Master, Viraj A ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Organ motion; Pelvic nodes; Prostate neoplasms

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 61349159897     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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