A new method for the placement of brachytherapy probes in paranasal sinus and nasopharynx neoplasms

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 995-1000

  Kremer, Bernd ^a   Klimek, Ludger ^b   Andreopoulos, Dimetrios ^c   Mösges, Ralph ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afterloading probes; Brachytherapy; Nasopharynx; Paranasal sinuses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032943236     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00521-5     Document Type: Article

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