Dose-volume histogram analysis of high dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy for uterine cervix cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-554

  Terahara, Atsuro ^a,b   Nakano, Takashi ^a   Ishikawa, Atsuko ^a   Morita, Shinroku ^a   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dose volume histogram; Uterine cervix cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030175512     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)80018-6     Document Type: Article

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