Intensity modulated radiation therapy replaces 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy as prostate cancer treatment

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1253-1258

  Elliott, Sean P ^a   Adejoro, Oluwakayode O ^a   Konety, Badrinath R ^a   Jarosek, Stephanie L ^b   Dusenbery, Kathryn E ^a   Virnig, Beth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

conformal; intensity modulated; prostate; prostatic neoplasms; radiotherapy; SEER program

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URBAN AREA;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84858708412     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.11.088     Document Type: Article

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