title: Correlation between surrogates of bladder dosimetry and dose-volume histograms of the bladder wall defined on MRI in prostate cancer radiotherapy.
abstract: The correlation between bladder dose-wall-histogram (DWH) and dose-volume-histogram (DVH), dose-surface-histogram (DSH), and DVH-5/10 was investigated in a group of 28 patients; bladder walls were drawn on T2-MRI. DVH showed the poorest correlation with DWH; DSH or DVH-5/10 should be preferred in planning; absolute DVH may be used for radical patients, although less robust.
authors.affiliation: San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. carillo.viviana@hsr.it
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carillo
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cozzarini
authors.forename: Andreina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chietera
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perna
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gianolini
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maggio
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botti
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rancati
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valdagni
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fiorino
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*