A dosimetric comparison of MammoSite® and ClearPath high-dose-rate breast brachytherapy devices

Brachytherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-18

  Dickler, Adam ^a   Seif, Neil ^a   Kirk, Michael C ^a   Patel, Mita B ^b   Bernard, Damian ^a   Coon, Alan ^a   Dowlatshahi, Kambiz ^a   Das, Rupak K ^c   Patel, Rakesh R ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast Brachytherapy; Breast Cancer; ClearPath; MammoSite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SAFETY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 58149496370     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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