Pulsed low dose rate brachytherapy for pelvic malignancies

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 811-817

  Swift, Patrick S ^a   Purser, Philip ^a   Roberts, L W ^a   Pickett, Barby ^a   Powell, C Bethan ^a   Phillips, Theodore L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervix neoplasms; Interstitial; Pulsed low dose rate; Remote after loading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOBIOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030930912     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00564-0     Document Type: Article

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