Low rectal toxicity after dose escalated IMRT treatment of prostate cancer using an absorbable hydrogel for increasing and maintaining space between the rectum and prostate: Results of a multi-institutional phase II trial

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-219

  Uhl, Matthias ^a   Van Triest, Baukelien ^b   Eble, Michael J ^c   Weber, Damien C ^d   Herfarth, Klaus ^a   De Weese, Theodore L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogel; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Rectal toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM DISEASE;

AGED; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANS AT RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM;

EID: 84876060340     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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