A comparison of prone three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy with supine intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: Which technique is more effective for rectal sparing?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 980, 2009, Pages 654-661

  Kato, Takahiro ^a,b   Obata, Y ^c   Kadoya, N ^a,b   Fuwa, N ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Southern Tohoku General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY POSTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; PRONE POSITION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 67650660022     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/96404007     Document Type: Article

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