A Small Tolerance for Catheter Displacement in High-Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy is Necessary and Feasible

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1066-1072

  Tiong, Albert ^a   Bydder, Sean ^a   Ebert, Martin ^a,b   Caswell, Nikki ^a   Waterhouse, David ^a   Spry, Nigel ^a   Camille, Peter ^a   Joseph, David ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological models; Brachytherapy; Indwelling catheters; Movement; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; BEFORE AND AFTER; BIOLOGICAL MODELS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; DWELL TIME; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; HIGH-DOSE RATE; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CONTROL PROBABILITY;

ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; TUMORS;

CATHETERS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; NEEDLES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77449127200     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.03.052     Document Type: Article

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