Abstract
Recently, the ability to accurately deliver highly conformation dose distributions to amorphously shaped target volumes has rapidly advanced. However, setup accuracy and internal motion limit our ability to reduce margins. Even in the presence of significant interfractional organ motion, the image-guided technique that involves daily imaging of a target in the treatment room can minimize the effect of these movements.
Prostate cancer shows one of the most rapidly increasing cancer incidence. Localized prostate cancer can be effectively treated by high-precision radiation therapy including three-dimensional conformational therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, particle radiotherapy, and brachytherapy. In this article, advances in high-precision radiotherapy for prostate cancer will be presented with some discussion.
