High dose rate brachytherapy: Its clinical applications and treatment guidelines

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-287

  Nag, Subir ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TUMOR;

EID: 2942696488     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460400300305     Document Type: Review

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