Clinical applications of custom-made vaginal cylinders constructed using three-dimensional printing technology

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 208-214

  Sethi, Rajni ^a   Cunha, Adam ^a   Mellis, Katherine ^a   Siauw, Timmy ^a   Diederich, Chris ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a   Hsu, I Chow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CUSTOM MADE VAGINAL CYLINDER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYSTERECTOMY; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

EID: 84976871428     PISSN: 1689832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2016.60679     Document Type: Article

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