High Dose Rate Brachytherapy in the Treatment of cervical cancer: preliminary experience with cobalt 60 Radionuclide source—A Prospective Study

Iridium-192 is widely used for high-dose rate brachytherapy. Co-60 source with similar geometric and dosimetric properties are now available. It has a longer half life but higher energy than Iridium-192. If Co-60 source can produce similar results, it will be more economical for low resource setting...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ntekim, Atara, Adenipekun, Adeniyi, Akinlade, Bidemi, Campbell, Oladapo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2010
Materias:
Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2934612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20838638

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2934612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20838638

Ejemplares similares