Dose-effect relationships for individual pelvic floor muscles and anorectal complaints after prostate radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 636-644

  Smeenk, Robert Jan ^a   Hoffmann, Aswin L ^a   Hopman, Wim P M ^a   Van Lin, Emile N J Th ^a   Kaanders, Johannes H A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorectal toxicity; Dose effect relationship; Fecal incontinence; Pelvic floor muscles; Prostate radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DOSE EFFECTS; DOSE PARAMETERS; ENDORECTAL BALLOON; FECAL INCONTINENCE; LEVATOR ANI; LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER; MEAN DOSE; PROSTATE RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL WALL; TREATMENT PLANS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FLOORS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY; UROLOGY;

MUSCLE;

AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION URGENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDORECTAL BALLOON; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; CATHETERIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; PELVIC FLOOR; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM;

EID: 84861100923     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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