Salvage reirradiation for local failure of prostate cancer after curative radiation therapy: Association of rectal toxicity with dose distribution and normal-tissue complication probability models

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the impact of radiation dose on rectal toxicity after salvage external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) with or without a brachytherapy boost for exclusive local failures after the primary EBRT for prostate cancer. Methods and materials: Fourteen patients with no sev...

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Main Authors: Giovanna Dipasquale, MS, Thomas Zilli, MD, Claudio Fiorino, PhD, Michel Rouzaud, MS, Raymond Miralbell, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109418300873