Acute side effects after Dose-escalation treatment of prostate cancer using the new urethral catheter BeamCath® technique

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 756-765

  Fransson, P ^a   Lofroth P O ^a   Franzen L ^a   Henriksson, R ^a   Bergstrom P ^a   Widmark, A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

BLADDER MORBIDITY;

DOSIMETRY;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINE CATHETER;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0035190981     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860152619197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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