Patient Specific Characteristics Are an Important Factor That Determines the Risk of Acute Grade ≥ 2 Rectal Toxicity in Patients Treated for Prostate Cancer with IMRT and Daily Image Guidance Based on Implanted Gold Markers

AIM: To model acute rectal toxicity in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) for prostate cancer using dosimetry and patient specific characteristics. METHODS: A database of 79 prostate cancer patients treated with image guided IMRT was used to fit parameters of Lyman-Kutcher-Burman (LKB) and...

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Autores principales: Liu, Xiaonan, Li, Jing, Wu, Teresa, Schild, Steven E, Schild, Michael H, Wong, William, Vora, Sujay, Fatyga, Mirek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4966533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27478689
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-7964.1000225

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4966533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27478689
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-7964.1000225

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