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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Main Author: Yin, Lingshu
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2524