Parameters for the Lyman Kutcher Burman (LKB) model of Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) for specific rectal complications observed in clinical practise

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-351

  Gulliford, Sarah L ^a   Partridge, Mike ^a   Sydes, Matthew R ^b   Webb, Steve ^a   Evans, Philip M ^a   Dearnaley, David P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LKB; NTCP; Prostate radiotherapy; Rectal complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION URGENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LYMAN KUTCHER BURMAN MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM;

EID: 84857913514     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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