Repeat CT assessed CTV variation and PTV margins for short- and long-course pre-operative RT of rectal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-405

  Nijkamp, Jasper ^a   Swellengrebel, Maurits ^b   Hollmann, Birgit ^a   De Jong, Rianne ^a   Marijnen, Corrie ^c   Van Vliet Vroegindeweij, Corine ^a   Van Triest, Baukelien ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CTV shape variation; PTV margin; Rectal cancer; Repeat CT

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANISOTROPY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUME; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECTUM CANCER; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84857910707     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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