Open AccessRectal complication probability from composite volumes derived from daily cone beam computed tomography in prostate cancer radiotherapy
Author(s) -
R Prabhakar,
Richard Oates,
Jones Daryl,
Joe H Chang,
Moshi Geso,
Jim Cramb
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.174529
Subject(s) - rectum , medicine , radiation therapy , cone beam computed tomography , prostate cancer , complication , nuclear medicine , prostate , colorectal cancer , radiation treatment planning , radiology , cancer , surgery , computed tomography
The aim of this study is to investigate the rectal complication probabilities for various rectum volumes with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) in patients undergoing prostate cancer radiotherapy.