Delivered dose can be a better predictor of rectal toxicity than planned dose in prostate radiotherapy

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: For the first time, delivered dose to the rectum has been calculated and accumulated throughout the course of prostate radiotherapy using megavoltage computed tomography (MVCT) image guidance scans. Dosimetric parameters were linked with toxicity to test the hypothesis that d...

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Autores principales: Shelley, L.E.A., Scaife, J.E., Romanchikova, M., Harrison, K., Forman, J.R., Bates, A.M., Noble, D.J., Jena, R., Parker, M.A., Sutcliffe, M.P.F., Thomas, S.J., Burnet, N.G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Scientific Publishers 2017
Materias:
Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5486775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28460825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2017.04.008

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5486775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28460825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2017.04.008

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