Article: Findings in prostate cancer reported from Washington University, Medical Department.

In this recent article published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To evaluate whether pre- and post-treatment imaging (immediately before and after a radiation therapy treatment fraction) and intermittent imaging (at intervals during a treatment fraction) are accurate predictors of prostate motion during the delivery of radiation. The Calypso 4D Localization System was used to continuously track the prostate during radiation delivery in 35 prostate cancer patients, for a total of 1,157 fractions (28-45 per patient)."

"Predictions of prostate motion away from isocenter were ...

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