Radiotherapy Treatment Plans With RapidArc for Prostate Cancer Involving Seminal Vesicles and Lymph Nodes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 935-942

  Yoo, Sua ^a   Wu, Q Jackie ^a   Lee, W Robert ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IMAT; IMRT; Prostate; Radiation therapy; RapidArc

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY TIME; INTEGRAL DOSE; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LYMPH NODE; MEAN DOSE; PELVIC LYMPH NODES; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADIATION THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SMALL BOWEL; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

BODY FLUIDS; CAVITY RESONATORS; DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; SMALL INTESTINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PELVIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 76049114790     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1677     Document Type: Article

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