Analysis of factors affecting the therapeutic gain in high dose rate gynecological implants relative to low dose rate implants

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 419-425

  Sahoo, N ^a,b   Ling, C C ^a   Anderson, L L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE REGENERATION;

CRITICAL ORGANS; HIGH DOSE RATE; LINEAR-QUADRATIC MODELS; LOW DOSE RATE; NORMAL TISSUE; ORGAN DOSE; REFERENCE POINTS;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0029979178     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597804     Document Type: Article

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