Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) vs. serial tomotherapy, step-and-shoot IMRT and 3D-conformal RT for treatment of prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-233

  Wolff, Dirk ^a   Stieler, Florian ^a   Welzel, Grit ^a   Lorenz, Friedlieb ^a   Abo Madyan, Yasser ^a,b   Mai, Sabine ^a   Herskind, Carsten ^a   Polednik, Martin ^a   Steil, Volker ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a   Lohr, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT); Prostate cancer; Sequential tomotherapy; Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM; SERIAL TOMOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 70350502597     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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