Interfractional variations in the setup of pelvic bony anatomy and soft tissue, and their implications on the delivery of proton therapy for localized prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 928-937

  Trofimov, Alexei ^a   Nguyen, Paul L ^b   Efstathiou, Jason A ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Lu, Hsiao Ming ^a   Engelsman, Martijn ^a   Merrick, Scott ^c   Cheng, Chee Wai ^d   Wong, James R ^c   Zietman, Anthony L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D conformal proton therapy; Interfractional motion; Prostate cancer; Serial CT scans; Treatment setup

Indexed keywords

INTERFRACTIONAL MOTION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY; SERIAL CT SCANS; TREATMENT SETUP;

DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; ROTATION; STATISTICS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SOFT TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PELVIC BONES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; ROTATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 79957540548     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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