Inclusion of clinical risk factors into NTCP modelling of late rectal toxicity after high dose radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-130

  Rancati, Tiziana ^a   Fiorino, Claudio ^b   Fellin, Gianni ^c   Vavassori, Vittorio ^d   Cagna, Emanuela ^e   Casanova Borca, Valeria ^f   Girelli, Giuseppe ^f   Menegotti, Loris ^c   Monti, Angelo Filippo ^e   Tortoreto, Francesca ^g   Delle Canne, Stefania ^g   Valdagni, Riccardo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

^e SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Ospedale di Ivrea   (Italy)

^g FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dose volume effects; NTCP models; Prostate radiotherapy; Rectal toxicity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTAL TOXICITY; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTOR;

FECAL INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80051799886     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.06.032     Document Type: Article

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