The effect of treatment position, prone or supine, on dose-volume histograms for pelvic radiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer.

Patients undergoing radiotherapy for rectal cancer are generally treated in a prone position, with a full bladder, to reduce the volume of normal bowel in the high-dose volume. This position is difficult to maintain, and is not consistently reproducible. This study evaluates the volume of bowel and...

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Những tác giả chính: Drzymala, M, Hawkins, M, Henrys, A, Bedford, J, Norman, A, Tait, D
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2009