Fast neutron irradiation for prostate cancer

Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-135

  Forman, Jeffrey D ^a   Yudelev, Mark ^a   Bolton, Susan ^a   Tekyi Mensah, Sam ^a   Maughan, Richard ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High LED radiation; Neutron radiation; Prostate cancer; Three dimensional conformal radiation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INSTRUMENTATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

FAST NEUTRONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0036435605     PISSN: 01677659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020805222151     Document Type: Article

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