Bowel exposure in rectal cancer IMRT using prone, supine, or a belly board

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-29

  Nijkamp, Jasper ^a   Doodeman, Barry ^a   Marijnen, Corrie ^b   Vincent, Andrew ^c   Van Vliet Vroegindeweij, Corine ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belly board; Bowel exposure; IMRT; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BODY POSTURE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM CANCER; SUPINE POSITION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRONE POSITION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84455191898     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.05.076     Document Type: Article

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