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Prostate Contourning

GTV:

Usually subclinical malignant disease

CTV:

Whole prostate (it contains the GTV at a certain probability level)

PTV

: Geometrical concept to compensate, among others, physiological movements,

variations in size, shape, and position of the CTV during RT.

MRI

: More detailed than CT

Anterior fibromuscular

stroma

Peripheral zone

Central zone

Santorini

plexus

Surgical pseudocapsule