Rectal-wall dose dependence on postplan timing after permanent-seed prostate brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 358-363

  Taussky, Daniel ^a   Yeung, Ivan ^a   Williams, Theresa ^a   Pearson, Shannon ^a   McLean, Michael ^a   Pond, Gregory ^a   Crook, Juanita ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

MRI CT fusion; Permanent seed brachytherapy; Prostate cancer; Rectal wall dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

MRI-CT FUSION; PERMANENT-SEED BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTAL-WALL DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EDEMA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; RECTUM DISEASE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; EDEMA; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC DISEASES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646267933     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.12.024     Document Type: Article

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