Image-guided radiotherapy reduces the risk of under-dosing high-risk prostate cancer extra-capsular disease and improves biochemical control

Image-guided radiotherapy reduces the risk of under-dosing high-risk prostate cancer extra-capsular disease and improves biochemical control

Abstract Background To determine if reduced dose delivery uncertainty is associated with daily image-guidance (IG) and Prostate Specific Antigen Relapse Free Survival (PRFS) in intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of high-risk prostate cancer (PCa). Methods Planning data for consecutive PCa patie...

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Main Authors: Per Munck af Rosenschold, Michael J. Zelefsky, Aditya P. Apte, Andrew Jackson, Jung Hun Oh, Elliot Shulman, Neil Desai, Margie Hunt, Pirus Ghadjar, Ellen Yorke, Joseph O. Deasy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Image-guided
Radiotherapy
Prostate cancer
High risk disease
IMRT
Tumor control probability
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-0978-1

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