The effect of Pro-Qura case volume on post-implant prostate dosimetry

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Merrick, Gregory S ^a   Lief, Jonathan H ^a   Grimm, Peter ^b   Sylvester, John ^c   Butler, Wayne M ^a   Allen, Zachariah A ^a  

^a WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Prostate Cancer Treatment Center   (United States)

^c Lakewood Ranch Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Case load; Dosimetry; Prostate brachytherapy; Seed strength

Indexed keywords

CASE VOLUME; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CRITICAL POINTS; DATA SETS; IMPROVEMENT ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL DOSE; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE IMPLANTS; PROSTATE VOLUME; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TARGET COVERAGE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SEED; TOMOGRAPHY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 81855180747     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.10.076     Document Type: Article

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