Quality of permanent prostate implants using automated delivery with seedSelectron™ versus manual insertion of RAPID Strands™

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-56

  Van Gellekom, Marion P R ^a   Moerland, Marinus A ^a   Wijrdeman, Harm K ^a   Battermann, Jan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Prostate; Rapid Strand ; selectSeed

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUMETRY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 4644328634     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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