Application of a spacer gel to optimize three-dimensional conformal and intensity modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 436-441

  Pinkawa, Michael ^a   Escobar Corral, Nuria ^a   Caffaro, Mariana ^a   Piroth, Marc D ^a   Holy, Richard ^a   Djukic, Victoria ^a   Otto, Gundula ^a   Schoth, Felix ^a   Eble, Michael J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Prostate neoplasm; Spacer gel; Toxicity; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RECTUM; RECTUM FISTULA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TARGET ORGAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054089400     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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