Individualized nonadaptive and online-adaptive intensity-modulated radiotherapy treatment strategies for cervical cancer patients based on pretreatment acquired variable bladder filling computed tomography scans

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1617-1623

  Bondar, M L ^a   Hoogeman, M S ^a   Mens, J W ^a   Quint, S ^a   Ahmad, R ^a,b   Dhawtal, G ^a   Heijmen, B J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Internal target volume; Online adaptive radiotherapy; Organ motion management; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCERS; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; INTERNAL TARGET VOLUME; MOTION MODELS; ORGAN MOTION; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PRE-TREATMENT; TARGET VOLUMES; VOLUME CHANGE; VOLUME DIFFERENCE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FILLING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVIXE UTERUS MOTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NONADAPTIVE STRATEGY; ONLINE ADAPTIVE STRATEGY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MOVEMENT; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863608116     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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