Prediction of the cumulated dose for external beam irradiation of prostate cancer patients with 3D-CRT technique

Nowadays in radiotherapy, much effort is taken to minimize the irradiated volume and consequently minimize doses to healthy tissues. In our work, we tested the hypothesis that the mean dose distribution calculated from a few first fractions can serve as prediction of the cumulated dose distribution,...

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Main Authors: Giżyńska Marta, Blatkiewicz Dorota, Czyżew Beata, Gałecki Maciej, Gil-Ulkowska Małgorzata, Kukołowicz Paweł
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-03-01
Series:Nukleonika
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nuka.2016.6.issue-1/nuka-2016-0005/nuka-2016-0005.xml?format=INT