Prostate brachytherapy postimplant dosimetry: A comparison of suture-embedded and loose seed implants

Brachytherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-173

  Spadinger, Ingrid ^a   Hilts, Michelle ^a   Keyes, Mira ^a   Smith, Clarke ^a   Sidhu, Sabeena ^a   Morris, William J ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embolization; Postimplant dosimetry; Prostate brachytherapy; RAPIDStrand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URETHRA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746100641     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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