Dose painting to combat tumor hypoxia while sparing urethra in prostate IMRT: a biologically based adaptive approach accounting for setup uncertainties and organ motion
Enhanced resistance to radiation could be caused by both chronic hypoxia and acute hypoxic which has been reported in prostate cancer in various studies. Therefore currently used dose prescriptions (70Gy in 35 fractions) for external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) of prostate cancer has been suggeste...
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University of British Columbia
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2524 |