Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 180-186 , July 2007

New implant technique for separation of the seminal vesicle and rectal mucosa for high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy

  • Ken Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14, Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka 540-0006, Japan. Tel.: +81-6-6942-1331; fax: +81-6-6943-6467.
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  • Satoru Kuroda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Sanda City Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Mineo Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuka Fujita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Mio Sakai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Takahiro Nohara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Ishikawa, Japan
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  • Atsunari Kawashima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Tohru Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Akira Tohda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Toshitsugu Oka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Hideya Yamazaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Keiko Kuriyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Received 2 September 2006 ,Revised 10 January 2007 ,Accepted 13 February 2007.

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PII: S1538-4721(07)00093-1

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2007.02.061

Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 180-186 , July 2007

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