Replacement of hairpin and loop implants by optimised straight line sources

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-121

  Sethi, Tejinder ^a   Ash, Daniel V ^a   Flynn, Anthony ^a   Workman, Geraldine ^a  

^a Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dwell position weight; hairpin loop implant; oral cavity; straight catheter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; HUMAN; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029877290     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8140(96)01720-3     Document Type: Article

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