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Techniques of Intravascular Brachytherapy

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Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy

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  1. Radiation Oncologist, Robert and Beverly Lewis Cancer Care Center, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, 1910 Royalty Drive, Pomona, California, USA

    Sri Gorty MD

  2. Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital, 10666 N. Torrey Pines Rd., MSB-1, La Jolla, CA, 92037-1092, USA

    Prabhakar Tripuraneni MD, FACR

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  1. Department of Therapeutic Radiation, Oncology MMC 436, University of Minnesota Hospital, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Seymour H. Levitt MD (Professor and Foreign Adjunct Professor) (Professor and Foreign Adjunct Professor)

  2. Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden

    Seymour H. Levitt MD (Professor and Foreign Adjunct Professor) (Professor and Foreign Adjunct Professor)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, UC Davis Medical Center, 4501 X Street, Suite G140, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA

    James A. Purdy PhD (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief) (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief)

  4. Physics Section, UC Davis Medical Center, 4501 X Street, Suite G140, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA

    James A. Purdy PhD (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief) (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief)

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Gorty, S., Tripuraneni, P. (2006). Techniques of Intravascular Brachytherapy. In: Levitt, S.H., Purdy, J.A. (eds) Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-35665-7_33

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