title: Prostate displacement kit: reducing the radiation dose to the rectum.
abstract: During high dose-rate brachytherapy boost in 20 patients the use of a prostate-water-rectal-displacement-kit contributed to an increase in the distance between the prostate and the rectum, however, the prostate was not totally immobilized by the needles, implying the necessity for an very careful on-line dose-planning dosimetry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. karl.kalkner@karolinska.se
authors.forename: Karl Mikael
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kälkner
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lundell
authors.forename: Seymour
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levitt
authors.forename: Sten
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nilsson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D011835:Radiation Protection; D012007:Rectum / Q000528:radiation effects*