High dose rate afterloading brachytherapy for prostate cancer: Catheter and gland movement between fractions

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-288

  Hoskin, Peter J ^a   Bownes, Peter J ^a   Ostler, Peter ^a   Walker, Ken ^a   Bryant, Linda ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; HDR afterloading; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; INDWELLING CATHETER; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1542571054     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00203-2     Document Type: Article

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