Tumor bed brachytherapy with a mesh template: An accessible alternative to intraoperative radiotherapy

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-109

  Dibiase, Steven J ^a   Rosenstock, Jeffrey C ^b   Shabason, Leonard ^b   Corn, Benjamin W ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Brachytherapy; Iridium 192; Mesh; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192; MARLEX; POLYGLACTIN;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB TUMOR; MALE; PELVIS CANCER; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 0030734066     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199710)66:2<104::AID-JSO6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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