On-line correction of beam portals in the treatment of prostate cancer using an endorectal balloon device

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-45

  Ciernik, Ilja F ^a   Baumert, Brigitta G ^a   Egli, Peter ^a   Glanzmann, Christoph ^a   Lütolf, Urs M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balloon; Prostate cancer; Rectal wall

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0036804489     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00187-1     Document Type: Article

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