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Intensity modulated proton and photon therapy for early prostate cancer with or without transperineal injection of a polyethylen glycol spacer: a treatment planning comparison study

Published inInternational journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, vol. 84, no. 3, p. e311-318
Publication date2012
Abstract

Rectal toxicity is a serious adverse effect in early-stage prostate cancer patients treated with curative radiation therapy (RT). Injecting a spacer between Denonvilliers' fascia increases the distance between the prostate and the anterior rectal wall and may thus decrease the rectal radiation-induced toxicity. We assessed the dosimetric impact of this spacer with advanced delivery RT techniques, including intensity modulated RT (IMRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), and intensity modulated proton beam RT (IMPT).

Keywords
  • Absorbable Implants
  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Photons/therapeutic use
  • Polyethylene Glycols/administration & dosage
  • Prostate/radiography
  • Prostatic Neoplasms/pathology/radiography/radiotherapy
  • Protons/therapeutic use
  • Radiation Injuries/prevention & control
  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/methods
  • Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated/methods
  • Rectum/radiation effects/radiography
  • Urinary Bladder/radiation effects/radiography
Citation (ISO format)
WEBER, Damien et al. Intensity modulated proton and photon therapy for early prostate cancer with or without transperineal injection of a polyethylen glycol spacer: a treatment planning comparison study. In: International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2012, vol. 84, n° 3, p. e311–318. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.03.028
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