Polyethylene glycol hydrogel rectal spacer implantation in patients with prostate cancer undergoing combination high-dose-rate brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy

Jekwon Yeh, Brandon Lehrich, Carolyn Tran, Albert Mesa, Ruben Baghdassarian, Jeffrey Yoshida, Robert Torrey, Michael Gazzaniga, Alan Weinberg, Stuart Chalfin, John Ravera, Kenneth Tokita

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)283-287
Number of pages5
JournalBrachytherapy
Volume15
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Oncology
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

Keywords

  • Brachytherapy
  • Cancer
  • HDR
  • IMRT
  • Prostate
  • Radiation
  • Rectal
  • Spacer
  • Toxicity
  • Hydrogels/administration & dosage
  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Prostatic Neoplasms/radiotherapy
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Brachytherapy/methods
  • Male
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiation Injuries/etiology
  • Rectum/radiation effects
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Organs at Risk/radiation effects
  • Carcinoma/radiotherapy
  • Aged
  • Polyethylene Glycols/administration & dosage

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