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Influence of body mass index and periprostatic fat on rectal dosimetry in permanent seed prostate brachytherapy

PURPOSE: We examined the influence of body mass index (BMI) and body fat distribution on rectal dose in patients treated with permanent seed brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: We analyzed 213 patients treated with I(125) seed brachytherapy for localized prostate canc...

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Autores principales: Tiberi, David, Gruszczynski, Nelson, Meissner, Aliza, Delouya, Guila, Taussky, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4002200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24731303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-9-93