Inter-institutional variation of implant activity for permanent prostate brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-300

  Aronowitz, Jesse N ^a   Crook, Juanita M ^b,c   Michalski, Jeff M ^d   Sylvester, John E ^e   Merrick, Gregory S ^f   Mawson, Christie ^c   Pratt, David ^d   Naidoo, Devi ^e   Butler, Wayne M ^f   Karolczuk, Kathryn ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Seattle Prostate Institute   (United States)

^f WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Quality Assurance Review Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Nomograms; Prostate neoplasms

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; NOMOGRAMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 53349167004     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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