Preliminary estimation of minimum target dose in intracavitary radiotherapy for cervical cancer

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 193-196

  Ohara, K ^a   Tanaka, Y O ^a   Sugahara, S ^a   Itai, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Local disease control; Manchester system; Tumor regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; X IRRADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034858090     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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