The MammoSite™ breast brachytherapy applicator: A review of technique and outcomes

Brachytherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-136

  Dickler, Adam ^a   Kirk, Michael C ^a   Chu, James ^a   Nguyen, Cam ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Breast cancer; MammoSite

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; DESQUAMATION; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MAMMOSITE BREAST BRACHYTHERAPY APPLICATOR; MASTALGIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SEROMA; SKIN FIBROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844386778     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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