A comparison of the precision of seeds deposited as loose seeds versus suture embedded seeds: A randomized trial

Brachytherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-9

  Kaplan, Irving D ^a   Meskell, Paul M ^a   Lieberfarb, Marshal ^a   Saltzman, Brian ^a   Berg, Solomon ^a   Holupka, Edward J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETHRA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 1942456624     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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