Sensitivity of treatment plan optimisation for prostate cancer using the equivalent uniform dose (EUD) with respect to the rectal wall volume parameter

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-218

  Schwarz, Marco ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a   Damen, Eugène M F ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equivalent uniform dose; IMRT; Optimisation; Prostate cancer; Rectal wall toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7944231774     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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