Carcinoma of the uterine cervix: A 3D - CT analysis of dose to the internal, external and common iliac nodes in tandem and ovoid applications

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-48

  Gebara, Wade J ^a   Weeks, Kenneth J ^a   Jones, Ellen L ^a   Montana, Gus S ^a   Anscher, Mitchell S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; CT dosimetry; Iliac nodes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; LYMPH NODES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034237250     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00176-6     Document Type: Article

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