CT-guided interstitial implantation of gynecologic malignancies

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 699-709

  Erickson, Beth ^a   Albano, Katherine ^a   Gillin, Mike ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecologic; Interstitial; Syed Neblett; Template; Transperineal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030271772     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00373-2     Document Type: Article

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