Does Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) prevent additional toxicity of treating the pelvic lymph nodes compared to treatment of the prostate only?

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the risk of rectal, bladder and small bowel toxicity in intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) of the prostate only compared to additional irradiation of the pelvic lymphatic region. METHODS: For ten patients with localized prostate cancer, IMRT plans with a simultaneou...

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Autores principales: Guckenberger, Matthias, Baier, Kurt, Richter, Anne, Vordermark, Dirk, Flentje, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2253547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18190681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-3-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2253547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18190681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-3-3

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