Conformal mixed neutron and photon irradiation in localized and locally advanced prostate cancer: Preliminary estimates of the therapeutic ratio

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-266

  Forman, Jeffrey D ^a   Duclos, Marie ^a   Sharma, Renu ^a   Chuba, Paul ^a   Hart, Kim ^a   Yudelev, Mark ^a   Devi, Syamala ^a   Court, Wayne ^a   Shamsa, Falah ^a   Littrup, Peter ^a   Grignon, David ^a   Porter, Arthur ^a   Maughan, Richard ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal neutron irradiation; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; SEMINAL VESICLE;

EID: 0029992731     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(96)00020-X     Document Type: Article

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