TY - BOOK AU - Shamel Mohamed Soaida AU - Ahmed Selim , AU - Alaa Meshref , AU - Mamdouh Haggag , TI - IMRT application in treatment of localized prostatic cancer / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Shamel Mohamed Soaida , KW - IMRT KW - Localized KW - Oncology N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Oncology-clinical; Issued also as CD N2 - Prostate cancer is a considerable health problem in the USA and EUROPE . In the USA , prostate cancer is the second highest cause of cancer death in men . Radiotherapy is an established standard treatment modality for localized prostate cancer . Radiation dose response relationship with tumor control has been demonstrated . However , the delivered radiation dose is limited by proximity of critical normal strucres ( i.e. urinary bladder and rectum ) UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -