A new technique for performing Syed-Neblett template interstitial implants for gynecologic malignancies using transrectal-ultrasound guidance

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 819-825

  Stock, Richard G ^a,b   Chan, Kenneth ^a   Terk, Mitchell ^a   Dewyngaert, J Keith ^a   Stone, Nelson N ^a   Dotting, Peter ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Syed Neblett template; Transrectal ultrasound; Vaginal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TARGET CELL; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030891232     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00558-5     Document Type: Article

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