Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 253-258 , November 2009

Justification for inter-fraction correction of catheter movement in fractionated high dose-rate brachytherapy treatment of prostate cancer

Received 23 December 2008 ,Revised 5 June 2009 ,Accepted 19 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.09.015

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 253-258 , November 2009

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