Adaptive margin radiotherapy for patients with prostate carcinoma: what's the benefit?

Marie A D Haverkort, Jeroen B van de Kamer, Bradley R Pieters, Caro C E Koning, Marcel van Herk, Geertjan van Tienhoven

Arnhem Radiotherapy Institute, The Netherlands. D.Haverkort@arnhemrti.nl

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 2012 Nov

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With daily portal images and repeated CT scans from 20 patients with gold markers (GM) an adaptive margin radiotherapy strategy (AMRT) was simulated and compared to traditional bony anatomy (BA) and standard GM verification protocols. AMRT is comparable with BA. GM protocols are superior. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Marie A D Haverkort, Jeroen B van de Kamer, Bradley R Pieters, Caro C E Koning, Marcel van Herk, Geertjan van Tienhoven. Adaptive margin radiotherapy for patients with prostate carcinoma: what's the benefit? Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. 2012 Nov;105(2):203-6