Phase II trial of combined high-dose-rate brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy for adenocarcinoma of the prostate: Preliminary results of RTOG 0321

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 751-758

  Hsu, I Chow ^a   Bae, Kyounghwa ^b   Shinohara, Katsuto ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a   Purdy, James ^c   Ibbott, Geoffrey ^d   Speight, Joycelyn ^a   Vigneault, Eric ^e   Ivker, Robert ^f   Sandler, Howard ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^c Image Guided Therapy Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; High dose rate; Prospective multi institutional clinical trial; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENTS; AFTER-TREATMENT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON TERMINOLOGY CRITERIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GLEASON SCORES; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; HIGH DOSE RATE; HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PHASE II; PRE-TREATMENT; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; EXPERIMENTS; ONCOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADENOCARCINOMA; BLADDER; BLOOD; CYSTITIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM; URINATION DISORDERS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CYSTITIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION DISORDERS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 77957191141     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.048     Document Type: Article

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