Prostate cancer brachytherapy: Guidelines overview

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-120

  Wojcieszek, Piotr ^a   Białas, Brygida ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dose constrains; Dose prescription; Follow up; Permanent seeds; Temporary implant

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW;

EID: 84864401764     PISSN: 1689832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2012.29370     Document Type: Review

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