Human collagen injections to reduce rectal dose during radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1918-1922

  Noyes, William R ^a   Hosford, Charles C ^b   Schultz, Steven E ^c  

^a Cancer Center of North Dakota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c RiverView Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Human collagen; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Prostate cancer; Rectal dose volume histogram

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION RATES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDIES; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTIONS; RADIATION TREATMENTS; RECTAL TOXICITY; RECTAL WALL; TISSUE DISPLACEMENT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; TOXICITY; UROLOGY;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECTUM;

COLLAGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; ORGANS AT RISK; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM;

EID: 84858697755     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.02.034     Document Type: Article

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