Searching standard parameters for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) of prostate cancer.

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Published in Radiat Oncol on July 11, 2012

Authors

Marius Treutwein1, Matthias Hipp, Oliver Koelbl, Barbara Dobler

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, Regensburg University Medical Center, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. marius.treutwein@ukr.de

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