A dosimetric comparison of Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy and iridium-192 high-dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer

Brachytherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-354

  Dickler, Adam ^a   Kirk, Michael C ^b   Coon, Alan ^b   Bernard, Damian ^b   Zusag, Tom ^b   Rotmensch, Jacob ^b   Wazer, David E ^c  

^a Mary Hospital   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Endometrial cancer; Xoft electronic brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 53349162232     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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