The American Brachytherapy Society recommendations for high-dose-rate brachytherapy for carcinoma of the endometrium

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 779-790

  Nag, Subir ^a,f   Erickson, Beth ^b   Parikh, Suhrid ^c   Gupta, Nilendu ^a   Varia, Mahesh ^d   Glasgow, Glenn ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Endometrial neoplasm; High dose rate; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034307029     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00689-1     Document Type: Article

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