Recommendations from Gynaecological (GYN) GEC-ESTRO Working Group (I): Concepts and terms in 3D image based 3D treatment planning in cervix cancer brachytherapy with emphasis on MRI assessment of GTV and CTV

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-245

  Haie Meder, Christine ^a   Pötter, Richard ^b   Van Limbergen, Erik ^c   Briot, Edith ^a   De Brabandere, Marisol ^c   Dimopoulos, Johannes ^b   Dumas, Isabelle ^a   Hellebust, Taran Paulsen ^d   Kirisits, Christian ^b   Lang, Stefan ^b   Muschitz, Sabine ^b   Nevinson, Juliana ^e   Nulens, An ^c   Petrow, Peter ^f   Wachter Gerstner, Natascha ^b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervix cancer; Change of GTV and CTV with time; High risk CTV; Intermediate risk CTV; Target volume definition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 20044389263     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.12.015     Document Type: Article

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