A pilot study of catheter-based ultrasound hyperthermia with HDR brachytherapy for treatment of locally advanced cancer of the prostate and cervix

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1359, Issue , 2011, Pages 195-199

  Diederich, Chris J ^a,b   Wootton, Jeff ^a,b   Prakash, Punit ^a   Salgaonkar, Vasant ^a   Juang, Titania ^a   Scott, Serena ^a,b   Chen, Xin ^a   Cunha, Adam ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a,b   Hsu, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Hyperthermia; Prostate; Thermal therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053619791     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3607904     Document Type: Conference Paper

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