Sequential Comparison of Seed Loss and Prostate Dosimetry of Stranded Seeds With Loose Seeds in 125I Permanent Implant for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Saibishkumar, Elantholi P ^a   Borg, Jette ^a   Yeung, Ivan ^a   Cummins Holder, Cheryl ^a   Landon, Angela ^a   Crook, Juanita ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Loose seeds; Permanent prostate brachytherapy; Prostate cancer; Seed loss; Stranded seeds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; HORMONAL THERAPIES; LOOSE SEEDS; PERMANENT PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE CANCER; STRANDED SEEDS; URINARY TRACTS;

SEED;

IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE EDEMA; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; EDEMA; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57649112761     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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