Comparative study of permanent interstitial prostate brachytherapy post-implant evaluation among seven Italian institutes

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-21

  Mangili, P ^a   Stea, L ^e   Cattani, F ^b   Lappi, S ^c   Giglioli, F ^f   Calamia, E ^f   Ziglio, F ^d   Martinelli, R ^g   Longobardi, B ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Umberto   (Italy)

^f MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g ASL2 ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Permanent prostate brachytherapy; Post plan dosimetry; Treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PALLADIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1842579711     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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