Early toxicity of hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer

• Authors: KRUPA Pavel; TICHA Hana; KAZDA Tomáš; DYMÁČKOVÁ Radana; ZITTEBARTOVÁ Jana; ODLOZILIKOVA Anna; KOMINEK Libor; BOBEK Lukas; KUDLACEK Ales; ŠLAMPA Pavel
• Year of publication: 2016
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Biomedical Papers of the Faculty of Medicine of Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/bp.2016.008
• Field: Oncology and hematology
• Keywords: hypofractionationation; VMAT; volumetric arc therapy; RapidArc; Tumor control probability; Normal tissue complication probability; alternated time schedule
• Description: Hypofractionated accelerated radiotherapy (HART) is now a feasible option for prostate cancer treatment apropos toxicity, biochemical control and shortening of treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate hypofractionated schedules in the treatment of patients with localized prostate cancer.