Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 301-304 , October 2008

Multicatheter hybrid breast brachytherapy: A potential alternative for patients with inadequate skin distance

  • Sushil Beriwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Magee-Womens Hospital, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Tel.: +1-412-641-4600; fax: +1-412-641-1971.
    • ,
  • Devin Coon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Hayeon Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Marsha Haley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Rakesh Patel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    • ,
  • Rupak Das

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Received 29 April 2008 ,Revised 2 July 2008 ,Accepted 16 July 2008.

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• Disclosure: Sushil Beriwal, MD; Rakesh Patel, MD; and Rupak Das, PhD are members of the ClearPath Advisory Board. ClearPath, North American Scientific (NASI), 20200 Sunburst Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311.

PII: S1538-4721(08)00594-1

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.07.003

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 301-304 , October 2008

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