Anal wall sparing effect of an endorectal balloon in 3D conformal and intensity-modulated prostate radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-136

  Smeenk, Robert Jan ^a   van Lin, Emile N J Th ^a   van Kollenburg, Peter ^a   Kunze Busch, Martina ^a   Kaanders, Johannes H A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anal toxicity; Conformal radiotherapy; Endorectal balloon; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ENDORECTAL BALLOON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANAL CANAL; BALLOON DILATATION; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349326442     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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