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Absolute volume of the rectum and AUC from rectal DVH between 25Gy and 50Gy predict acute gastrointestinal toxicity with IG-IMRT in prostate cancer

BACKGROUND: To determine whether dose/volume specific endpoints (DVSE) or Area under the rectal DVH curve (rAUC) better predict acute gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity in prostate cancer patients treated with IMRT in the era of daily image guidance (IG-IMRT). METHODS: A set of DVSE was recorded from V2...

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Autores principales: Mirjolet, Céline, Walker, Paul M., Gauthier, Mélanie, Dalban, Cécile, Naudy, Suzanne, Mazoyer, Frédéric, Martin, Etienne, Maingon, Philippe, Créhange, Gilles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5097436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-016-0721-8