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High dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer

High dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy involves delivery of a high dose of radiation to the cancer with great sparing of surrounding organs at risk. Prostate cancer is thought to be particularly sensitive to radiation delivered at high dose-rate or at high dose per fraction. The rapid delivery and high...

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Autores principales: Mendez, Lucas C., Morton, Gerard C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6043748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30050796
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tau.2017.12.08