Method and timing of tumor volume measurement for outcome prediction in cervical cancer using magnetic resonance imaging

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-22

  Mayr, Nina A ^a   Taoka, Toshiaki ^b   Yuh, William T C ^a   Denning, Leah M ^b   Zhen, Weining K ^c   Paulino, Arnold C ^b   Gaston, Robert C ^a   Sorosky, Joel I ^b   Meeks, Sanford L ^b   Walker, Joan L ^a   Mannel, Robert S ^a   Buatti, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiation therapy outcome; Tumor regression; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

TUMOR RESPONSES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

IRIDIUM 192;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VOLUMETRY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036138436     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01808-9     Document Type: Article

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