Seed migration in prostate brachytherapy depends on experience and technique

Brachytherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 452-456

  Taussky, Daniel ^a   Moumdjian, Camille ^a   Larouche, Renée ^a   Béliveau Nadeau, Dominic ^a   Boudreau, Chantal ^a   Hervieux, Yannick ^a   Donath, David ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intraoperative planning; Prostate brachytherapy; Seed migration

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; RADIOACTIVE SEED;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; THORAX; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84868132695     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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