Application of an interstitial and biodegradable balloon system for prostate-rectum separation during prostate cancer radiotherapy: a prospective multi-center study

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Rectal toxicity presents a significant limiting factor in prostate radiotherapy regimens. This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of an implantable and biodegradable balloon specifically designed to protect rectal tissue during radiotherapy by increasing the prostate–rec...

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Autores principales: Gez, Eliahu, Cytron, Shmuel, Yosef, Rahamin Ben, London, Daniel, Corn, Benjamin W, Alani, Shlomi, Scarzello, Giovanni, Dal Moro, Fabrizio, Sotti, Guido, Zattoni, Filiberto, Koziol, Ike, Torre, Taryn, Bassignani, Matthew, Kalnicki, Shalom, Ghavamian, Reza, Blakaj, Dukagjin, Anscher, Mitchell, Sommerauer, Martin, Jocham, Dieter, Melchert, Corinna, Huttenlocher, Stefan, Kovacs, Gyoergy, Garg, Madhur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3643836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23618548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-8-96

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3643836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23618548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-8-96

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