Assessing the role of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) relative to IMRT and helical tomotherapy in the management of localized, locally advanced, and post-operative prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1550-1558

  Davidson, Melanie T M ^a   Blake, Samuel J ^a   Batchelar, Deidre L ^a,b   Cheung, Patrick ^a,b   Mah, Katherine ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Helical tomotherapy; intensity modulated radiotherapy; Prostate cancer; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTEGRAL DOSE; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MEAN DOSE; MONITOR UNITS; ORGANS AT RISKS; PELVIC LYMPH NODES; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE TREATMENT; SEMINAL VESICLE; STEP-AND-SHOOT; TARGET COVERAGE; TREATMENT GROUP; TREATMENT PLANS; TREATMENT TIME; TREATMENT VOLUMES; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

BODY FLUIDS; DISEASES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; EFFICIENCY; RADIOTHERAPY;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEMINAL VESICLE; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

EFFICIENCY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MALE; ORGANS AT RISK; PELVIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 79960083200     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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