Adaptive radiotherapy for bladder cancer reduces integral dose despite daily volumetric imaging

T Kron; J Wong; A Rolfo; D Pham; J Cramb; F Foroudi

Journal article

Adaptive radiotherapy for bladder cancer reduces integral dose despite daily volumetric imaging

T Kron, J Wong, A Rolfo, D Pham, J Cramb, F Foroudi

Radiotherapy and Oncology | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.07.023

Abstract

We studied the integral radiation dose in 27 patients who had adaptive radiotherapy for bladder cancer using kilo voltage cone beam CT imaging. Compared to conventional radiotherapy the reduction in margin and choice of best plan of three for the day resulted in a lower total dose in most patients despite daily volumetric imaging. © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Farshad Foroudi Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre has a Varian Collaborative Research Agreement. Parts of the study were also supported by project grant 628527 of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.