Rectal dose variation during IMRT for prostate cancer

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Due to the large inter-fractional variation of the rectal volume, it is more favorable to plan prostate IMRT based on an empty rectum and deliver treatment to patients with an empty rectum. Over 70% of actual treatments showed better rectal doses than our clinical acceptance criteria. A significant fraction (27%) of the actual treatments would benefit from adaptive image-guided radiotherapy based on daily CT images....Click on the below link for the full story:<http://www.urotoday.com/index.php?option=com_content & task=view_ua & id=2228175>You're welcome to browse within the

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