The relationship between dose heterogeneity ('hot' spots) and complications following high-dose rate brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 983-987

  Vikram, Bhadrasain ^a   Deore, Shivaji ^a   Beitler, Jonathan J ^a   Sood, Brij ^a   Mullokandov, Eduard ^a   Kapulsky, Alexander ^a   Fontenla, Doracy P ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0032943234     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00550-1     Document Type: Article

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