HDR monotherapy for prostate cancer: A simulation study to determine the effect of catheter displacement on target coverage and normal tissue irradiation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-197

  Kolkman Deurloo, Inger Karine K ^a   Roos, Martin A ^a   Aluwini, Shafak ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; High dose rate; Prostate cancer; Quality assurance; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETHRA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 79951854571     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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