Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 130-137 , April 2010

Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

  • Michel Ghilezan, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Michel Ghilezan, MD, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Hospitals and Research Institute, Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769
    • ,
  • Di Yan, DSc
    • ,
  • Alvaro Martinez, MD

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 Clinical translational research of adaptive radiotherapy for prostate cancer in Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Hospitals has been supported in part by NCI, Grants: R29 CA71785, R01 CA118037, R01 CA091020, R21 CA130330, and US Army Medical Research, Grants: PC970201, PC061209.

 Department of Radiation Oncology in William Beaumont Hospital receives research and development grants from ELEKTA Oncological System and Philips Radiation Oncological System.

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doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2009.11.007

Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 130-137 , April 2010

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