Treatment planning after hydrogel injection during radiotherapy of prostate cancer

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 796-800

  Pinkawa, M ^a   Bornemann, C ^a   Escobar Corral, N ^a   Piroth, M D ^a   Holy, R ^a   Eble, M J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Prostate neoplasm; Spacer gel; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE VOLUME; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; HYDROGELS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883294055     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-013-0388-0     Document Type: Article

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