Technical improvement in permanent seed implantation: a two-stage brachytherapy system. Description and comparison with current technique

Permanent seed implantation by available techniques has modest limitations. A new, two-stage needle design and technique is described and evaluated in comparison to a conventional permanent seed technique. The technique involves placing a stylet and sleeve initially into the all target coordinates p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Brachytherapy 2004, Vol.3 (1), p.34-40
Hauptverfasser:	Grimm, Peter D, Blasko, John C, Sylvester, John E, Heaney, Charles, Gasparich, James, Quackenbush, Jeffrey, Gottesman, Jim, Downey, Jim, Grier, Doug, Roddy, Tim, Nellans, Roger, Sood, Narender, Wahl, David
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Brachytherapy Brachytherapy - instrumentation Brachytherapy - methods Cohort Studies Equipment Design Humans Iodine Radioisotopes Male Needles Prostate Cancer Prostatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy Radiometry Technique Two-stage Urinary Catheterization
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