Radiobiologically based treatment plan evaluation for prostate seed implants

Purpose: Accurate prostate low dose-rate brachytherapy treatment plan evaluation is important for future care decisions. Presently, an evaluation is based on dosimetric quantifiers for the tumor and organs at risk. However, these do not account for effects of varying dose-rate, tumor repopulation an...

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Main Authors: Sotirios Stathakis, Dimos Baltas, Carlos Esquivel, Panayiotis Mavroidis, Courtney Knaup, Gregory Swanson, Nikos Papanikolaou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2011-07-01
Series:Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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Online Access:http://www.termedia.pl/Clinical-Investigations-Radiobiologically-based-treatment-plan-evaluation-for-prostate-seed-implants,54,16923,1,1.html