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SUBMITTER: Blanchard P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6075683 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul - Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blanchard P P Ménard C C Frank S J SJ
Brachytherapy 20170130 4
MRI produces better soft tissue contrast than does ultrasonography or computed tomography for visualizing male pelvic anatomy and prostate cancer. Better visualization of the tumor and organs at risk could allow better conformation of the dose to the target volumes while at the same time minimizing the dose to critical structures and the associated toxicity. Although the use of MRI for prostate brachytherapy would theoretically result in an improved therapeutic ratio, its implementation been slo ...[more]