Implantation of a biodegradable rectum balloon implant: Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls
ABSTRACT Introduction: A rectum balloon implant (RBI) is a new device to spare rectal structures during prostate cancer radiotherapy. The theoretical advantages of a RBI are to reduce the high radiation dose to the anterior rectum wall, the possibility of a post-implant correction, and their predet...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
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| Series: | International Brazilian Journal of Urology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382017000601033&lng=en&tlng=en |