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Edema worsens target coverage in high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy of mobile tongue cancer: a report of two cases

PURPOSE: We report our study on two patients to highlight the risk of underdosage of the clinical target volume (CTV) due to edema during high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy (HDR-ISBT) of mobile tongue cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS: To treat the lateral side of the CTV, flexible applicator tube...

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Autores principales: Yoshida, Ken, Yamazaki, Hideya, Kotsuma, Tadayuki, Akiyama, Hironori, Takenaka, Tadashi, Masui, Koji, Yoshioka, Yasuo, Uesugi, Yasuo, Shimbo, Taiju, Yoshikawa, Nobuhiko, Yoshioka, Hiroto, Arika, Takumi, Tanaka, Eiichi, Narumi, Yoshifumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5346602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28344606
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2017.65163