Minimal displacement of novel self-anchoring catheters suitable for temporary prostate implants

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-72

  Pieters, Bradley R ^a   van der Grient, Johan N B ^a   Blank, Leo E C M ^a   Koedooder, Kees ^a   Hulshof, Maarten C C M ^a   de Reijke, Theo M ^b  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catheter displacement; Prostate neoplasms; Pulsed dose rate; Radiotherapy planning; Temporary prostate implants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747171181     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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