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Rotation correction for prostate tumours

Nature Reviews Urology volume 12, page 2 (2015)Cite this article

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New data show that kilovoltage intrafraction monitoring (KIM) can be used to adapt radiation treatment to compensate for rotational and translational movement of prostate tumours.

During radiotherapy sessions prostate tumours are not immobile, but undergo translational and rotational shifts owing to, for example, spontaneous bowel movements. This displacement from the predetermined radiation beam focus can decrease treatment efficacy and increase toxicity in normal tissues.

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  1. Huang, C. Y. et al. Six degrees-of-freedom prostate and lung tumor motion measurements using kilovoltage intrafraction monitoring. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.09.040

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  1. Clemens Thoma
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Thoma, C. Rotation correction for prostate tumours. Nat Rev Urol 12, 2 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2014.341

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