Do intermediate radiation doses contribute to late rectal toxicity? An analysis of data from Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Protocol 94-06

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 390-395

  Tucker, Susan L ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Michalski, Jeff M ^b   Bosch, Walter R ^b,c   Winter, Kathryn ^d   Cox, James D ^a   Purdy, James A ^e   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose volume histogram; Late rectal toxicity; Prostate cancer; RTOG

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; NORMAL-TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY MODELS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUPS; RECTAL TOXICITY; RISK INFORMATION; RTOG; VOLUME PARAMETERS;

DISEASES; HAZARDS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; RISKS; TISSUE;

TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM INJURY; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANS AT RISK; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865663511     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.11.073     Document Type: Article

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