Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 152-156 , July 2006

Quality assurance methods for the first Radiation Therapy Oncology Group permanent prostate implant protocol

  • Michael T. Gillin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard-94, Houston, TX 77030-4009. Tel.: +1-713-563-2508; fax: +1-713-563-2545.
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  • Bernadine F. Dunning

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Colleen A. Lawton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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  • W. Dennis Foley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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  • Roger W. Byhardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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  • Gerard Morton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
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  • Madhava Baikadi

      Affiliations

    • Northeast Radiation Oncology Center, Scranton, PA
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  • Thomas T. Pisansky

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • Jeff M. Michalski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO
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  • Geoffrey Ibbott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Francisco Lopez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Received 14 March 2006 ,Revised 23 May 2006 ,Accepted 23 May 2006.

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 Financial disclosure: Supported by National Cancer Institute Grants No. U10 CA21661 and U10 CA32115 to the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group.

PII: S1538-4721(06)00203-0

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.05.004

Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 152-156 , July 2006

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