The urethral position may shift due to urethral catheter placement in the treatment planning for prostate radiation therapy.
Yasuhiro DekuraKentaro NishiokaTakayuki HashimotoNaoki MiyamotoRyusuke SuzukiTakaaki YoshimuraRyuji MatsumotoTakahiro OsawaTakashige AbeYoichi M ItoNobuo ShinoharaHiroki ShiratoShinichi ShimizuPublished in: Radiation oncology (London, England) (2019)
The urethral position with a Foley catheter is different from the urethral position with a thin and soft guide-wire in a significant proportion of the patients. This should be taken into account for the PRV of the urethra to ensure precise radiotherapy such as in urethra-sparing radiotherapy.