Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy™

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-31

  Dickler, Adam ^a   Dowlatshai, Kambiz ^b  

^a Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic brachytherapy; Partial breast irradiation; Xoft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; X RAY; BREAST TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS;

EID: 63449133315     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.6.1.27     Document Type: Article

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