International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 4 , Pages 963-972 , 15 March 2010

American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) Emerging Technology Committee Report on Electronic Brachytherapy

  • Catherine C. Park, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Catherine C. Park, M.D., Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero St., H1031, San Francisco, CA 94143-1708. Tel: (415) 353-7186; Fax: (415) 353-9883
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  • Sue S. Yom, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Matthew B. Podgorsak, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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  • Eleanor Harris, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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  • Robert A. Price Jr., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Alison Bevan, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Jean Pouliot, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Andre A. Konski, M.D., M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Paul E. Wallner, D.O.

      Affiliations

    • 21st Century Oncology, Inc., Ft. Myers, FL
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  • Electronic Brachytherapy Working Group

Received 23 September 2009 ,Revised 23 October 2009 ,Accepted 24 October 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(09)03553-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.10.068

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 4 , Pages 963-972 , 15 March 2010

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