American Brachytherapy Society survey regarding practice patterns of postoperative irradiation for endometrial cancer: Current status of vaginal brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1502-1507

  Small Jr , William ^a   Erickson, Beth ^b   Kwakwa, Francis ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Radiological Society of North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; High dose rate brachytherapy; Low dose rate brachytherapy; Vaginal brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FRACTIONATION; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ENDOMETRIAL CANCER; HIGH DOSE RATE BRACHTHERAPY; LOW DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; VAGINAL BRACHTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VAGINA;

EID: 27744513803     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.04.038     Document Type: Article

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