Rectal doses in intracavitary brachytherapy of gynecological malignancies: Comparison of two dosimetric methods

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-41

  Serkies, Krystyna ^a   Badzio, Andrzej ^a   Jereczek Fossa, Barbara ^a,b   Tarnawska, Zofia ^a   Nowak, Renata ^a   Szewczyk, Piotr ^a   Jassem, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Gynecological brachytherapy; ICRU Report 38; Rectal reference point

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 0035915739     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00325-X     Document Type: Article

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