Halftime for repair of sublethal damage in normal bladder and rectum: An analysis of clinical data from cervix brachytherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 4063-4071

  Guerrero, Mariana ^a,c   Li, X Allen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

BLADDER; CERVICAL BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIATION RESPONSES; RECTUM;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER INJURY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; IRRADIATION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOBIOLOGY; RECTUM; RECTUM INJURY; UTERINE CERVIX;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVIX UTERI; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 33746789881     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/16/012     Document Type: Article

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