Minimal benefit of an endorectal balloon for prostate immobilization as verified by daily localization

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-199

  Hung, Arthur Y ^a   Garzotto, Mark ^b   Kaurin, Darryl ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Prostate image guided radiation Therapy; Prostate localization; Rectal balloon

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDORECTAL BALLOON; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

BALLOON DILATION; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955475427     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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