Decline of dose coverage between intraoperative planning and post implant dosimetry for I-125 permanent prostate brachytherapy: Comparison between loose and stranded seed implants

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-206

  Moerland, Marinus A ^a   van Deursen, Marijke J H ^a   Elias, Sjoerd G ^a   van Vulpen, Marco ^a   Jürgenliemk Schulz, Ina M ^a   Battermann, Jan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dose coverage; I 125; Loose seeds; Prostate; Stranded seeds

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LOOSE SEED IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; STRANDED SEED IMPLANT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 65449154643     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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