Prostate Cancer

Data on prostate cancer published by researchers at Aarhus University

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, March 3rd, 2008

According to recent research published in the journal Radiotherapy and Oncology, "Image-guided on-line correction of the target position allows radiotherapy of prostate cancer with narrow set-up margins. The present study investigated the residual set-up error after on-line prostate localization and its impact on margins."

"Prostate localization based on two orthogonal X-ray images of gold markers implanted in the prostate was performed with an on-board imager at four treatment sessions for 90 patients. The set-up error in the sagittal plane residual after couch adjustment was evaluated on lateral verification portal images. The set-up error was less than 3.0 mm...

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