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Bladder Cancer
Absolute dose-surface histogram optimal for radiotherapy planning
October 25th, 2005
Use of absolute dose-surface histograms in treatment planning may optimize radiotherapy outcome for bladder cancer patients. Oncologists in the Netherlands conducted a study "to quantify to what extent relative and absolute bladder dose-volume and dose-surface histograms of the planning CT scan were representative for the actual treatment." "We used data of 17 patients, who each received 11 repeat CT scans and a planning CT scan," explained M.S. Hoogeman and coauthors working at Erasmus Medical Center. "The repeat CT scans were matched on the planning CT scan by the bony anatomy." "Clinical treatment plans were used to evaluate...
Source: cancer weekly (2005-10-25)
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