Brachytherapy management of the retroverted uterus using ultrasound-guided implant applicator placement

Brachytherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-29

  Mayr, Nina A ^a,b   Montebello, Joseph F ^a,b   Sorosky, Joel I ^c   Daugherty, Jamie S ^d   Nguyen, Dan L ^d   Mardirossian, George ^d   Wang, Jian Z ^d   Edwards, Susan M ^d   Li, Wenbin ^d   Yuh, William T C ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Anatomical variation; Brachytherapy; Gynecologic cancer; Radiation therapy; Ultrasound; Uterus; Uterus positional abnormality

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROVERTED UTERUS; SACRUM; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS DISEASE; VAGINA CANCER;

EID: 20044380933     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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