[Image-guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer].
Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has improved the capability to apply geometrically individualised high radiotherapy doses to the prostate bed, prostate and seminal vesicles. A high risk of geometrical miss with conformal methods, however, has been documented for mobile targets such as the prostate. Modern, non-invasive localisation techniques are therefore mandatory to further optimise conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer. This review summarises technological advances related to "image-guided radiotherapy" (IGRT) which will further improve target positioning in prostate cancer radiotherapy.
Lohr
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Klinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie, Universitätsklinikum Mannheim. frank.lohr@radonk.ma.uni-heidelberg.de
Boda-Heggemann
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Wenz
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Wiegel
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D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011187:Posture; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000528:radiation effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes