Radiation Dose-Volume Effects and the Penile Bulb

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Roach III, Mack ^a   Nam, Jiho ^b   Gagliardi, Giovanna ^c   El Naqa, Issam ^d   Deasy, Joseph O ^d   Marks, Lawrence B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Penile bulb; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OUTCOME; CRITICAL COMPONENT; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MEAN DOSE; PENILE BULB; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RADIATION DOSE; THRESHOLD DOSE;

DOSIMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMORBIDITY; DOSIMETRY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76449115650     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.04.094     Document Type: Article

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