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dc.contributor.advisorCallaghan, R. M.-
dc.contributor.advisorMagojo T. S.-
dc.contributor.authorMoodley, Loganeeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-31T06:48:39Z
dc.date.available2017-01-31T06:48:39Z
dc.date.issued2001-
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10321/2086-
dc.descriptionDissertation submitted in full compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Radiography, Natal Technikon, Durban, South Africa, 2001.en_US
dc.description.abstractRadical radiotherapy is quite commonly used to treat localised prostate cancer. Acute and chronic toxicity to the bladder and rectum are dependant upon field arrangement, dose delivered to these organs and the volume of these organs that is within the target volume. A prospective study was conducted in order to determine whether the 3-field or the 4-field radiation treatment technique yields less severe bladder and rectal toxicity. METHODS AND MATERIALS Sixty patients with histologically confirmed stage B or C (Jewitt's staging system) prostate cancer, with or without radical prostatectomy were recruited from two private oncology institutions, 30 of whom were in group 1 (3-field technique) and 30 in group 2 (4-field technique). Pre-treatment and post-treatment prostatic specific antigen (PSA) levels were recorded in order to compare the effect of radiation on PSA. Both groups were treated in 2.00gy fractions per day to a dose of 60.00gy before the field arrangements were changed. This study therefore assessed the patientsen_US
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dc.subject.lcshRadiographyen_US
dc.subject.lcshRadiotherapyen_US
dc.subject.lcshCanceren_US
dc.titleA comparative analysis of the 3-field radiation treatment technique versus the 4-field radiation treatment technique in the treatment of patients presenting with either stage B or stage C prostate canceren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.levelMen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.51415/10321/2086-
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