The effect of prostate motion during hypofractionated radiotherapy can be reduced by using flattening filter free beams

Background and purpose: Hypofractionated radiotherapy of prostate cancer reduces the overall treatment time but increases the per-fraction beam-on time due to the higher fraction doses. This increased fraction treatment time results in a larger uncertainty of the prostate position. The purpose of th...

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Main Authors: Hunor Benedek, Minna Lerner, Per Nilsson, Tommy Knöös, Adalsteinn Gunnlaugsson, Crister Ceberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405631617300350