Correlating the degree of needle trauma during prostate brachytherapy and the development of acute urinary toxicity

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1392-1394

  Eapen, Libni ^a,b   Kayser, Cathy ^a   Deshaies, Yves ^a   Perry, Gad ^a   E, Choan ^a   Morash, Christopher ^a   Cygler, Joanna E ^a   Wilkins, David ^a   Dahrouge, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Prostate; Toxicity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE URINARY TOXICITY; BRACHYTHERAPY;

DATA ACQUISITION; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PUNCTURES; URINARY RETENTION; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 3242678164     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.01.041     Document Type: Article

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