Is intraoperative nomogram-based overplanning of prostate implants necessary?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 462-467

  D'Souza, Warren D ^a,b   Lee, Hoon K ^a   Palmer, Matthew B ^a   Smith, Lewis G ^a   Pollack, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Intraoperative planning; Nomogram; Prostate brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; NOMOGRAMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

PROSTATE IMPLANTS;

ONCOLOGY;

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NOMOGRAM; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; URETHRA;

EID: 0037624945     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04620-5     Document Type: Article

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