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Evaluation of the effect of prostate volume change on tumor control probability in LDR brachytherapy

PURPOSE: This study evaluates low dose-rate brachytherapy (LDR) prostate plans to determine the biological effect of dose degradation due to prostate volume changes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this study, 39 patients were evaluated. Pre-implant prostate volume was determined using ultrasound. These im...

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Autores principales: Knaup, Courtney, Mavroidis, Panayiotis, Stathakis, Sotirios, Smith, Mark, Swanson, Gregory, Papanikolaou, Niko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23346121
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2011.24818