Validation of a Quality Metric Score to Assess the Placement of Hydrogel Rectal Spacer in Patients Treated With Prostate Stereotactic Radiation Therapy

Validation of a Quality Metric Score to Assess the Placement of Hydrogel Rectal Spacer in Patients Treated With Prostate Stereotactic Radiation Therapy

Purpose: To evaluate the quality of the interspace between the prostate and rectum and assess the effect on the dose to the rectum by measuring the spacer quality score (SQS) before and after implanting a hydrogel rectal spacer. Methods and Materials: Thirty patients with prostate cancer were treate...

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Main Authors: Valentina Giacometti, PhD, Owen McLaughlin, MSc, Patrick Comiskey, MSc, Hannah Marshall, MSc, Orla A. Houlihan, MB, BCh, BAO, Glenn Whitten, MSc, Kevin M. Prise, PhD, Alan R. Hounsell, PhD, Suneil Jain, MB, BCh, BAO, PhD, Conor K. McGarry, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-03-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109423002245

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