Radiography-based treatment planning compared with computed tomography (CT)-based treatment planning for intracavitary brachytherapy in cancer of the cervix: Analysis of dose-volume histograms

Brachytherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 200-206

  Kim, Robert Y ^a   Pareek, Prem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Computed tomography; Dose volume histograms; Intracavitary therapy; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1542269074     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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