Anatomy-based inverse planning dose optimization in HDR prostate implant: a toxicity study.

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Published in Radiother Oncol on June 01, 2005

Authors

Alireza Mahmoudieh1, Christine Tremblay, Luc Beaulieu, Bernard Lachance, François Harel, Etienne Lessard, Jean Pouliot, Eric Vigneault

Author Affiliations

1: Département de radio-oncologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Côte du Palais, Que., Canada G1R 2J6.

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