Nuclear Medicine

Prostate Cancer Patient Receives First Treatment of Real-Time Brachytherapy Planning System
A prostate cancer patient is the first individual in the world to be treated using the latest generation of a real-time planning system for planning and performing cutting-edge high-dose-rate, ultrasound-guided brachytherapy treatments. More...29 Apr 2013
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