International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 654-662 , 1 November 2006

Intensity-modulated radiotherapy improves lymph node coverage and dose to critical structures compared with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy in clinically localized prostate cancer

Presented at the Forty Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), October 16–20, 2005, Denver, CO.

  • Alice Wang-Chesebro, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Alice Wang-Chesebro, M.D., University of California–San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031, San Francisco, CA 94115. Tel: (415) 353-7175; Fax: (415) 353-9883;
    • ,
  • Ping Xia, Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Joy Coleman, M.D.
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  • Clayton Akazawa, C.M.D.
    • ,
  • Mack Roach III, M.D.

Received 23 March 2006 ,Revised 8 May 2006 ,Accepted 23 May 2006.

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PII: S0360-3016(06)00953-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.05.037

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 654-662 , 1 November 2006

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