Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 246-252 , November 2009

Modeling set-up error by daily MVCT for prostate adjuvant treatment delivered in 20 fractions: Implications for the assessment of the optimal correction strategies

  • Sara Broggi

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics, IRCCS S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Servizio di Fisica Sanitaria, IRCCS S. Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milano, Italy.
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  • Cesare Cozzarini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, IRCCS S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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  • Claudio Fiorino

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics, IRCCS S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • Eleonora Maggiulli

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics, IRCCS S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • Filippo Alongi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, IRCCS S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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  • Giovanni Mauro Cattaneo

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics, IRCCS S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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  • Nadia Di Muzio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, IRCCS S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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  • Riccardo Calandrino

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics, IRCCS S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy

Received 22 July 2008 ,Revised 29 July 2009 ,Accepted 11 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.029

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 246-252 , November 2009

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