Prostate motion during radiotherapy of prostate cancer patients with and without application of a hydrogel spacer: a comparative study

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The use of a tissue expander (hydrogel) for sparing of the rectum from increased irradiation during prostate radiotherapy is becoming popular. The goal of this study is to investigate the effect of a tissue expander (hydrogel) on the intrafraction prostate motion during radio...

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Autores principales: Juneja, Prabhjot, Kneebone, Andrew, Booth, Jeremy T., Thwaites, David I., Kaur, Ramandeep, Colvill, Emma, Ng, Jin A., Keall, Paul J., Eade, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26499473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-015-0526-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26499473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-015-0526-1

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