Patient-Assessed Late Toxicity Rates and Principal Component Analysis After Image-Guided Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8241959	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2007	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Conclusions: Postal questionnaire was effective for collection of patient-assessed late toxicity data. The incidence of late toxicity was low, with a lack of correlation to dosimetric parameters. We attribute this to the use of conformal techniques and daily image guidance.

Keywords

Image-guided radiotherapy Principal component analysis Prostate carcinoma Late morbidity Conformal radiotherapy

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Patient-Assessed Late Toxicity Rates and Principal Component Analysis After Image-Guided Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Authors

Marketa M.D., Tara M.Sc., Laura M.D., Lorella B.Sc., Gina M.A., Christopher Ph.D., Juanita M.D., Peter M.B., Padraig M.B., Charles M.D.,