Case series illustrating the synergistic use of hydrogel spacer and MR-guidance to increase the radiotherapeutic index for localized prostate cancer

BACKGROUND: The risk of gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity may limit the use of curative-intent radical radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer (PCa) in circumstances where morbidity of treatment may exceed an acceptable threshold. Rectal spacers are used to expand the distance between the anterior rectal...

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Autores principales: Sanmamed, Noelia, Glicksman, Rachel M., Helou, Joelle, Chung, Peter, Berlin, Alejandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case reports and case series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32095546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2019.08.002

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32095546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2019.08.002

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