Adaptive Radiotherapy for Bladder Cancer—A Systematic Review

Journal Article · Thu Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JMIR.2016.10.014· OSTI ID:22915457

Taylor, Amy ^[1]; Rosewall, Tara ^[2]

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1. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield (United Kingdom)
2. Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto (Canada)

Radiotherapy has been offered as a multimodality treatment for bladder cancer patients. Due to the significant variation of bladder volume observed throughout the course of treatment, large margins in the range of 20–30 mm have been used, unnecessarily irradiating a large volume of normal tissue. With the capability of visualizing soft tissue in cone beam computed tomography, there is opportunity to modify or to adapt the plan based on the variation observed during the course of treatment for quality improvement.

• OSTI ID: 22915457
• Journal Information: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Journal Name: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 48; ISSN 1939-8654
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BLADDER
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RADIOTHERAPY