Musculoskeletal complications of neutron therapy for prostate cancer

Radiation Oncology Investigations

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-91

  Soulen, Renate L ^a   Romero, Jesus A ^a,b   Chuba, Paul J ^a   Evelhoch, Jeffrey L ^a   Simpson, Richard E ^a   Forman, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Neutron therapy complications; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030820060     PISSN: 10657541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6823(1997)5:2<81::AID-ROI6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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