Dose Constraint for Minimizing Grade 2 Rectal Bleeding Following Brachytherapy Combined With External Beam Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Rectal Dose-Volume Histogram Analysis of 457 Patients

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8229139	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2011	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The risk of rectal bleeding was found to be significantly volume-dependent in patients with prostate cancer who received combined modality treatment. Rectal dose-volume analysis is a practical method for predicting the risk of development of Grade 2 rectal bleeding.

Keywords

EBRT Brachytherapy Rectal bleeding Prostate cancer Dose-volume histogram external beam radiation therapy

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Dose Constraint for Minimizing Grade 2 Rectal Bleeding Following Brachytherapy Combined With External Beam Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Rectal Dose-Volume Histogram Analysis of 457 Patients

Authors

Yutaka M.D., Atsunori M.D., Toshio M.D., Kazuhito M.D., Satoshi M.D., Kayo M.D., Tomoya M.D., Shiro M.D., Toru M.D., Takashi Ph.D., Naoyuki M.D.,