Treatment efficiency of volumetric modulated arc therapy in comparison with intensity-modulated radiotherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-134

  Hall, William A ^a   Fox, Timothy H ^a   Jiang, Xiaojun ^a   Prabhu, Roshan S ^a   Rossi, Peter J ^a   Godette, Karen ^a   Jani, Ashesh B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT treatment efficiency; Treatment efficiency prostate cancer; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PROSTATE CANCER; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUME MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

EID: 84928096449     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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