Cancer Prevention
Reports from National Cancer Center add new data to research in cancer prevention
Published in Cancer Weekly, July 22nd, 2008
Fresh data on cancer are presented in the report 'Inter- and intrafractional movement-induced dose reduction of prostate target volume in proton beam treatment.' In this recent study, researchers in Korea conducted a study "To quantify proton radiotherapy dose reduction in the prostate target volume because of the three-dimensional movement of the prostate based on an analysis of dose-volume histograms (DVHs). Twelve prostate cancer patients underwent scanning in supine position, and a target contour was delineated for each using a proton treatment planning system."
"To simulate target movement, the contour was displaced from 3 to 15 mm in 3-mm intervals in the...
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