Stereotactic body radiotherapy for prostate cancer

DR Henderson, AC Tree, NJ Van As - Clinical oncology, 2015 - Elsevier
The use of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for localised prostate cancer is now
supported by a substantial body of non-randomised data, with medium-term outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of the role of a belly board device in radiotherapy delivery in patients with pelvic malignancies

EM Wiesendanger-Wittmer, NM Sijtsema… - Radiotherapy and …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: This review analyses the literature concerning the influence of the patient
position (supine, prone and prone on a belly board device (BB) on the irradiated small …

Impact of dose to the bladder trigone on long-term urinary function after high-dose intensity modulated radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer

P Ghadjar, MJ Zelefsky, DE Spratt… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine the potential association between genitourinary (GU) toxicity and
planning dose–volume parameters for GU pelvic structures after high-dose intensity …

[HTML][HTML] Urethral and bladder dose–effect relations for late genitourinary toxicity following external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer in the FLAME trial

VH Groen, M van Schie, NPA Zuithoff… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose or objectives The FLAME trial (NCT01168479) showed that by adding a focal boost
to conventional fractionated EBRT in the treatment of localized prostate cancer, the five-year …

Voxel-based analysis for identification of urethrovesical subregions predicting urinary toxicity after prostate cancer radiation therapy

E Mylona, O Acosta, T Lizee, C Lafond… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To apply a voxel-based analysis to identify urethrovesical symptom-related
subregions (SRSs) associated with acute and late urinary toxicity in prostate cancer …

Bladder dose accumulation based on a biomechanical deformable image registration algorithm in volumetric modulated arc therapy for prostate cancer

ES Andersen, LP Muren, TS Sørensen… - Physics in Medicine …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Variations in bladder position, shape and volume cause uncertainties in the doses delivered
to this organ during a course of radiotherapy for pelvic tumors. The purpose of this study was …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of genitourinary complications following radiation therapy for localised prostate cancer

RV David, AA Kahokehr, J Lee, DI Watson… - World journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Studies of genitourinary toxicity following radiotherapy for prostate cancer are
mainly from high volume single institutions and the incidence and burden of treatment …

Fully automated segmentation of prostatic urethra for MR‐guided radiation therapy

D Xu, TM Ma, R Savjani, J Pham, M Cao… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Accurate delineation of the urethra is a prerequisite for urethral dose reduction in
prostate radiotherapy. However, even in magnetic resonance‐guided radiation therapy …

Validation of deformable image registration algorithms on CT images of ex vivo porcine bladders with fiducial markers

S Wognum, SE Heethuis, T Rosario… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The spatial accuracy of deformable image registration (DIR) is important in the
implementation of image guided adaptive radiotherapy techniques for cancer in the pelvic …

Statistical‐learning strategies generate only modestly performing predictive models for urinary symptoms following external beam radiotherapy of the prostate: A …

N Yahya, MA Ebert, M Bulsara, MJ House… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Given the paucity of available data concerning radiotherapy‐induced urinary
toxicity, it is important to ensure derivation of the most robust models with superior predictive …