TITLE

IMRT May Cause Cardiac Device Malfunction

PUB. DATE

November 2011

SOURCE

Renal & Urology News;Nov2011, Vol. 10 Issue 11, p16

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports on the study commissioned by Dr. Steven DiBiase of Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine in Camden, New Jersey, which indicates that intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) may cause implanted cardiac devices to malfunction.

ACCESSION #

73344638

Tags: RADIOTHERAPY;  IMPLANTED cardiovascular instruments;  JOHNSON, Robert Wood

 

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