The effect of needle number on the quality of high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy implants

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 593-599

  Fröhlich, Georgina ^a,b   Ágoston, Péter ^b   Lövey, József ^b   Polgár, Csaba ^b   Major, Tibor ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dose volume analysis; High dose rate; Number of needles; Organs at risk; Prostate brachytherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE NUMBER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETHRA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78149412003     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-010-9252-z     Document Type: Article

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