Comparison between CT-based volumetric calculations and ICRU reference-point estimates of radiation doses delivered to bladder and rectum during intracavitary radiotherapy for cervical cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-137

  Pelloski, Christopher E ^a   Palmer, Matthew ^a   Chronowski, Gregory M ^a   Jhingran, Anuja ^a   Horton, John ^a   Eifel, Patricia J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Intracavitary radiotherapy; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCER; INTERCAVITARY RADIOTHERAPY (ICRT); LOW-DOSE-RATE;

DOSIMETRY;

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FILM; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIGMOID; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 17844378466     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.09.059     Document Type: Article

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