Intraoperative planning and evaluation of permanent prostate brachytherapy: Report of the American Brachytherapy Society

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1422-1430

  Nag, Subir ^a   Ciezki, Jay P ^b   Cormack, Robert ^c   Doggett, Stephen ^d   DeWyngaert, Keith ^e   Edmundson, Gregory K ^f   Stock, Richard G ^g   Stone, Nelson N ^g   Yu, Yan ^h   Zelefsky, Michael J ⁱ  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Radiation Oncologist   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

ⁱ MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dose calculation; Intraoperative; Prostate; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT TREATMENT; TOXICITY;

INTRAOPERATIVE TREATMENT PLANNING (ITP); PERMANENT PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORPHOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSITION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; TARGET ORGAN; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035577544     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01616-9     Document Type: Article

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