Ultrasound-based stereotactic guidance of precision conformal external beam radiation therapy in clinically localized prostate cancer

Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-78

  Lattanzi, Joseph ^a,b   McNeeley, Shawn ^b   Hanlon, Alexandra ^b   Schultheiss, Timothy E ^b   Hanks, Gerald E ^b  

^a Rutgers Health Community Medical Center   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STEREOTAXIS; ULTRASOUND;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033971984     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00389-1     Document Type: Article

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