Adaptive radiotherapy and the dosimetric impact of inter- and intrafractional motion on the planning target volume for prostate cancer patients.

Felix BöckelmannFlorian PutzKaroline KallisSebastian LettmaierRainer FietkauChristoph Bert

Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2020)

The currently clinically used margin of 15 mm in LR and SI and 5-10 mm in AP direction includes inter and intra uncertainties. The results show that offline ART is feasible which becomes a necessity with further reductions in PTV margins.

Keyphrases

radiation therapy
prostate cancer
early stage
transcription factor
locally advanced
radiation induced
benign prostatic hyperplasia
room temperature
high speed
high resolution
monte carlo