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Adaptive Radiation Therapy Of Prostate Cancer, Ning Wen
Adaptive Radiation Therapy Of Prostate Cancer, Ning Wen
Wayne State University Dissertations
ART is a close-loop feedback algorithm which evaluates the organ deformation and motion right before the treatment and takes into account dose delivery variation daily to compensate for the difference between planned and delivered dose. It also has potential to allow further dose escalation and margin reduction to improve the clinical outcome. This retrospective study evaluated ART for prostate cancer treatment and radiobiological consequences. An IRB approved protocol has been used to evaluate actual dose delivery of patients with prostate cancer undergoing treatment with daily CBCT.
The dose from CBCT was measured in phantom using TLD and ion chamber techniques …