Needle displacement during high-dose-rate afterloading brachytherapy boost and conventional external beam radiation therapy for initial and local advanced prostate cancer

• Published in: Urologia internationalis Vol. 70; no. 3; p. 200
• Main Authors: Pellizzon, A C A, Salvajoli, J V, Novaes, P E R S, Maia, M A C, Ferigno, R, Fogaroli, R C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.01.2003
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - mortality; Adenocarcinoma - radiotherapy; Aged; Brachytherapy - methods; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality; Prostatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Radiotherapy Dosage; Radiotherapy, High-Energy; Time Factors

To determine the displacement of needles (ND) and its impact in the outcome of initial and locally advanced prostate cancer treated with conventional external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and fractionated transrectal ultrasound-guided high-dose-rate afterloading brachytherapy (HDR-BT) as a boost. F...