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A practical approach to estimating optic disc dose and macula dose without treatment planning in ocular brachytherapy using (125)I COMS plaques

BACKGROUND: It has been reported that proximity of the tumor to the optic disc and macula, and radiation dose to the critical structures are substantial risk factors for vision loss following plaque brachytherapy. However, there is little dosimetry data published on this. In this study, therefore, t...

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Autores principales: Lee, Yongsook C., Lin, Shih-Chi, Kim, Yongbok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30424782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-018-1166-z