Dose-Effect Relationships for Individual Pelvic Floor Muscles and Anorectal Complaints After Prostate Radiotherapy

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8226342	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2012	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Incontinence-related complaints show specific dose-effect relationships to individual pelvic floor muscles. Dose constraints for each muscle can be identified for RT planning. When only the Awall is delineated, substantial components of the continence apparatus are excluded.

Keywords

Fecal incontinence Dose-effect relationship Prostate radiotherapy Pelvic floor muscles

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Dose-Effect Relationships for Individual Pelvic Floor Muscles and Anorectal Complaints After Prostate Radiotherapy

Authors

Robert Jan M.D., Aswin L. M.Sc., Wim P.M. M.D., Ph.D., Emile N.J. Th. M.D., Ph.D., Johannes H.A.M. M.D., Ph.D.,