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Endoscopic Gold Fiducial Marker Placement into the Bladder Wall to Optimize Radiotherapy Targeting for Bladder-Preserving Management of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Feasibility and Initial Outcomes

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Bladder radiotherapy is a management option for carefully selected patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. However, the inability to visualize the tumor site during treatment and normal bladder movement limits targeting accuracy and increases collateral radiation. A mea...

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Autores principales: Garcia, Maurice M., Gottschalk, Alexander R., Brajtbord, Jonathan, Konety, Badrinath R., Meng, Maxwell V., Roach, Mack, Carroll, Peter R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24594774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089754