The use of photon beams of a flattening filter-free linear accelerator for hypofractionated volumetric modulated arc therapy in localized prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1655-1660

  Zwahlen, Daniel R ^a   Lang, Stephanie ^a   Hrbacek, Jan ^a   Glanzmann, Christoph ^a   Kloeck, Stephan ^a   Najafi, Yousef ^a   Streller, Tino ^a   Studer, Gabriela ^a   Zaugg, Kathrin ^a   Luetolf, Urs M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flattening filter free; Hypofractionation; Prostate cancer; Treatment time; TrueBeam ; VMAT

Indexed keywords

FLATTENING FILTER-FREE; HYPOFRACTIONATION; PROSTATE CANCERS; TREATMENT TIME; VMAT;

DISEASES; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER DESIGN; FLATTENING FILTER FREE; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; PHOTON THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

FILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANS AT RISK; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 84863624149     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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