Fig. 1 Characteristic depth-dose distributions of photons, carbon ions, and protons in water In contrast, protons or heavier particles such as carbon ions enter the body at very high speed. Particles…
Country Who, where Particle S/C/SCa Max. energy (MeV) Beam directions Start of treatment Total patients treated Date of total Canada TRIUMF, Vancouver p C 72 1 horiz. 1995 175 Dec-13…
mp-MRI Histopathological correlation References HR T2 Glandular morphology Bezzi et al. (1988) DWI Gleason score Turkbey et al. (2011) DCE-MRI Neoangiogenesis Engelbrecht et al. (2003) MRS Cell metabolism Costello and…
Fig. 1 Target volume definition of whole pelvis irradiation. Upper row CTV 3D-four-field planning. Lower row CTV IMRT planning Finally, modern radiotherapy techniques such as IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy) required new…
where BED is the biologically effective dose as a measure of the true biological dose delivered by a particular RT regime, n the number of treatment fractions and d the…
Fig. 1 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrating extracapsular spread on axial image (green arrow) (a) and seminal vesicle involvement on coronal image (orange arrows) (b) Some patients may not be optimal…
Fig. 1 11C-Choline PET/CT showing increased uptake on the left side corresponding to radio-recurrent prostate cancer 4 Surgical Technique of Salvage Prostatectomy Radical prostatectomy is the local salvage treatment modality with…
Reference No. Pts Dose/fx size/# fxs EQD2 α/β = 1.5 Gy (tumor) (Gy) EQD2 α/β = 3 Gy (late effects) (Gy) Med F/U (mos) Risk class % 5-year FFBF Fonteyne et al. (2012) 113 55 Gy/3.4 Gy/16 fx…
Fig. 1 Cause-specific survival in patients with and without prostate- specific antigen failure (adopted from Kwan et al. (Kwan et al. 2004)) Fig. 2 Overall survival in patients with and without prostate-…
Fig. 1 Examples of different types of focal therapy. Ultra-focal therapy refers to treating a a specific target lesion or b multiple target lesions with a margin. Hemi-focal therapy refers to…
