Prostate
Definitive IMRT/VMAT, pelvic nodes, prostate SBRT and post-prostatectomy treatment — setup, target volumes, pelvic OARs and cited dose constraints.
Prostate planning is a problem of tight neighbors. The target sits between the bladder in front and above and the rectum directly behind, with the urethra running through its center. Most of the craft goes into keeping high dose off the anterior rectal wall and bladder base while covering a target whose position shifts with daily bladder and rectal filling.
The same anatomy runs through every approach — conventional, moderately hypofractionated, pelvic nodal, five-fraction SBRT and post-prostatectomy treatment — but the dose per fraction changes which constraints apply. Each treatment page below has its own constraint table, quoted from a published protocol with the study behind every value.
Setup, target volumes, pelvic OARs and cited constraints for conventional and moderately hypofractionated definitive treatment.
Simultaneous integrated boost to the prostate with elective and involved pelvic nodes: larger volumes, bowel sparing and cited constraints.
Five-fraction stereotactic treatment: motion management, urethra sparing, tight margins and cited constraints.
Adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy to the prostate bed: consensus target definition, pelvic OARs and cited constraints.
Organ-by-organ contouring guides for the body region prostate treatment covers, each tied to its published source.
The planning concepts used to evaluate prostate plans.
Protocols, guidelines and publications relevant to prostate radiotherapy.
Look up prostate dose constraints by organ and fraction count, each with its source.
Prostate structures
Each organ page shows its prostate dose constraints with sources, plus anatomy, why it matters and contouring resources.