High Dose Rate Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Cervical Cancer: Preliminary Experience with Cobalt 60 Radionuclide Source—
Iridium-192 is widely used for high-dose rate brachytherapy. Co-60 source with similar geometric and dosimetric properties are now available. It has a longer half life but higher energy than Iridium-192. If Co-60 source can produce similar results, it will be more economical for low resource setting...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/CMO.S5269 |