Radiation Dose-Volume Effects of the Urinary Bladder

Journal Article · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2010 · International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.090· OSTI ID:21372139

Yorke, Ellen D ^[1]; Marks, Lawrence B ^[2]; Eifel, Patricia J ^[3]; Shipley, William U ^[4]

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1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (United States)
2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
3. Department of Radiation Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (United States)
4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (United States)

An in-depth overview of the normal-tissue radiation tolerance of the urinary bladder is presented. The most informative studies consider whole-organ irradiation. The data on partial-organ/nonuniform irradiation are suspect because the bladder motion is not accounted for, and many studies lack long enough follow-up data. Future studies are needed.

• OSTI ID: 21372139
• Journal Information: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Vol. 76, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.090; PII: S0360-3016(09)03285-4; Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; ISSN 0360-3016
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BLADDER
NONUNIFORM IRRADIATION
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION INJURIES
TOXICITY
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
DISEASES
DOSES
INJURIES
IRRADIATION
ORGANS
RADIATION EFFECTS
URINARY TRACT