The combined use of the natural and the cumulative dose-volume histograms in planning and evaluation of permanent prostatic seed implants

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-284

  Moerland, Marinus A ^a   van der Laarse, Rob ^a   Luthmann, Robert W ^a   Wijrdeman, Harm K ^a   Battermann, Jan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cumulative dose volume histogram; Natural dose volume histogram; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0034562790     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00289-9     Document Type: Article

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