Published January 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Highly active at close quarters

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Description

Afterloading techniques in brachyradiotherapy are becoming more popular worldwide, offering the major gain of better protection against unnecessary irradiation of staff. The major criticism levelled at high doserate machines in intracavitary radiotherapy may be overcome by the use of a simple technique designed to remove the restrictions on fractionation

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Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Afterloading in brachyradiotherapy

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Active
Journal Issue
no.40
Series
Nucl. Act.
ISSN
0048-1025
CODEN
NULAB

INIS

Country of Publication
South Africa
Country of Input or Organization
South Africa
INIS RN
20022830
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
AFTERLOADING; FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION; INTERNAL IRRADIATION; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES
Descriptors DEC
DISEASES; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; RADIOTHERAPY; THERAPY