Aspects of dosimetry and clinical practice of skin brachytherapy: The American Brachytherapy Society working group report

Brachytherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 840-858

  Ouhib, Zoubir ^a   Kasper, Michael ^a   Perez Calatayud, Jose ^b,c   Rodriguez, Silvia ^c   Bhatnagar, Ajay ^d   Pai, Sujatha ^e   Strasswimmer, John ^f  

^a Lynn Cancer Institute   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c Hospital Clinica Benidorm   (Spain)

^d 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^e Department of Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Biological equivalent dose; Clinical target volume; Electronic brachytherapy; Gross target volume; High dose rate; Ir 192; Nonmelanoma skin cancer; Planning target volume; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192; RADIOISOTOPE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEVICES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940056134     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2015.06.005     Document Type: Review

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