Prostate Cancer
New Prostate Cancer Research Reported from Seoul National University
Published in Cancer Weekly, January 24th, 2012
2012 JAN 24 -- Research findings, "The dosimetric effect of mixed-energy IMRT plans for prostate cancer," are discussed in a new report. According to the authors of recent research from Seoul, South Korea, "We investigated the effect of mixing high-and low-energy photon beams on the quality of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) plans for patients with prostate cancer. Three different plans for each of twenty patients were generated using either 6 MV or 15 MV alone, and both 6 and 15 MV beams."
"All the planning parameters, goals, and constraints were set to be identical except beam energy. The dose distributions were similar in terms of target...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2012-01-24)
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