Sequential FDG-PET brachytherapy treatment planning in carcinoma of the cervix

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1494-1501

  Lin, Lilie L ^a,b   Mutic, Sasa ^a,b   Malyapa, Robert S ^a,b   Low, Daniel A ^a,b   Miller, Tom R ^a,b   Vicic, Milos ^a   LaForest, Richard ^a   Zoberi, Imran ^a,b   Grigsby, Perry W ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; FDG PET; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GLUCOSE; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCER; FDG-PET; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ONCOLOGY;

CISPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; IRRADIATION; PELVIS ABSCESS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM TUMOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 27744520824     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.05.035     Document Type: Article

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