Thyroid uptake of 125iodine after prostate permanent brachytherapy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1827-1829

  Chen, Qin Sheng ^a   Blair, Henry F ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Prostate; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; DRUG UPTAKE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IODINE 131 UPTAKE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SEED EMBOLIZATION; SEED MIGRATION; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND; URETHRA; FOREIGN BODY; METABOLISM; PROSTATE TUMOR; SCINTISCANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 16544390083     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000140443.37787.3f     Document Type: Article

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