Penile brachytherapy: Technical aspects and postimplant issues

Brachytherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-158

  Crook, Juanita ^a   Jezioranski, John ^b   Cygler, Joanna E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy technique; Interstitial brachytherapy; Penile cancer

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PENIS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949657305     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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