Dosimetry rules for brachytherapy using high dose rate remote afterloading implants

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 226-230

  Hoskin, P J ^a,b   Rembowska, A ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Breast implant; High dose rate

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FRANCE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031693203     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(98)80005-8     Document Type: Article

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