Medical Dosimetry
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 87-91 , Summer 2010

Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy with Noncoplanar Beams for Treatment of Prostate Cancer in Patients with Bilateral Hip Prosthesis—A Case Study

  • Chris Brooks, B.S., C.M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Rex Min Cheung, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Rajat J. Kudchadker, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Rajat J. Kudchadker, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Physics, Unit 2102, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030

Received 8 January 2008 ,Accepted 2 March 2009.

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 Submitted for American Association of Medical Dosimetrists writing competition, New Orleans, June 17–21, 2007.

PII: S0958-3947(09)00011-9

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.03.005

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 87-91 , Summer 2010

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