Volumetric modulated arc therapy in prostate cancer patients with metallic hip prostheses in a UK centre

AIM: This study aimed to investigate whether IMRT using VMAT is a viable and safe solution in dose escalated RT in these patients. BACKGROUND: An increasing number of prostate cancer patients are elderly and have hip prostheses. These implants pose challenges in radiotherapy treatment planning. Alth...

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Pubblicato in:Rep Pract Oncol Radiother
Autori principali: Ng, Wee Loon, Brunt, John, Temple, Simon, Saipillai, Mohammed, Haridass, Anoop, Wong, Helen, Malik, Zafar, Eswar, Chinnamani
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Elsevier 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477120/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26109914
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rpor.2015.03.006
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