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Inverse planning and intensity-modulated radiotherapy in patients with prostate cancer
Jürgen Debus1, Dietmar Zierhut, Bernd Didinger
1Radiologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (dkfz), Heidelberg, Deutschland. j.debus@dkfz.de
Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology
|February 15, 2002
Abstract:
Inverse planning and IMRT are methods with the potential to improve substantially clinical results in radiotherapy of prostate cancer. Available early clinical data demonstrate the feasibility and safety of high-dose IMRT for patients with localized prostate cancer and provide a proof-of-principle that this method improves dose conformality relative to tumor coverage and exposure to normal tissues.