Palliative interstitial HDR brachytherapy for recurrent rectal cancer: Implantation techniques and results

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 458-463

  Kolotas, Christos ^a,c   Röddiger, Sandra ^a   Strassmann, Gerd ^b   Martin, Thomas ^a   Tselis, Nikolaos ^a   Aebersold, Daniel M ^c   Baltas, Dimos ^a   Zamboglou, Nikolaos ^a  

^a Offenbach Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HDR brachytherapy; Palliation; Rectal cancer recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; NEEDLE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SACRUM; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0038071519     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-003-0921-7     Document Type: Article

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