Are simple verbal instructions sufficient to ensure that bladder volume does not deteriorate prostate position reproducibility during spot scanning proton therapy?
Kentaro NishiokaKento GotohTakayuki HashimotoTakashige AbeTakahiro OsawaRyuji MatsumotoIsao YokotaNorio KatohRumiko KinoshitaKoichi YasudaToshiaki YakabeTakaaki YoshimuraSeishin TakaoNobuo ShinoharaHidefumi AoyamaShinichi ShimizuHiroki ShiratoPublished in: BJR open (2021)
Our data demonstrated that there was no apparent relationship between BV changes and prostate position reproducibility and simple verbal instruction about urination could be sufficient for image-guided SSPT.