Dose variation due to differences in applicator placement used for intracavitary brachytherapy of cervical cancer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-63

  Rutten, Richard R ^a   Lawyer, Ann A ^a   Berner, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Intracavitary brachytherapy; Orthogonal film; Ovoid; Tandem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032029902     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(97)00110-6     Document Type: Article

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