MR-guided simultaneous integrated boost in preoperative radiotherapy of locally advanced rectal cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-284

  Seierstad, Therese ^a,b   Hole, Knut Håkon ^c   Sælen, Erik ^a   Ree, Anne Hansen ^a,d   Flatmark, Kjersti ^a,c,d   Malinen, Eirik ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Department of Radiology ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rectal cancer; Simultaneous integrated boost

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350764066     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.046     Document Type: Article

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