Rectal Filling at Planning Does Not Predict Stability of the Prostate Gland during a Course of Radical Radiotherapy if Patients with Large Rectal Filling are Re-imaged

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 760-767

  Stillie, A L ^a   Kron, T ^a   Fox, C ^a   Herschtal, A ^a   Haworth, A ^a   Thompson, A ^a   Owen, R ^a   Tai, K H ^a   Duchesne, G ^a   Foroudi, F ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interfraction stability; intrafraction stability; prostate cancer; radiotherapy treatment planning; rectal distension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; RECTUM DISTENSION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STOMACH EMPTYING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350761670     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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