Point dose variations with time during traditional brachytherapy for cervical carcinoma

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-80

  King, Gwendolyn C ^a   Bloomer, William D ^b   Kalnicki, Shalom ^c   Faul, Clare M ^a   Gooding, William E ^e   Stockstill, Todd F ^d   Wu, Andrew ^c   Buchsbaum, Roy ^a   Chen, Alex S ^c   Gerszten, Kristina ^a   Kalend, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Methodist Hospital Central   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Brachytherapy; Carcinoma of uterus; Cervix; Dosimetry; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

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

EID: 0034035796     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(00)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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