High dose rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 12, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 512-514

  Hoskin, P ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; High dose rate; Prostate; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FRACTIONATION; GLEASON SCORE; HIGH DOSE RATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION PROTECTION; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55649091835     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2008.07.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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