Intracavitary brachytherapy for carcinoma of the uterine cervix: Comparison of HDR (Ir-192) and MDR (Cs-137)

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-57

  Tanaka, Eiichi ^a,b   Suzuki, Osamu ^a   Oh, Ryoong Jin ^a   Takeda, Takashi ^a,b   Teshima, Teruki ^a   Inoue, Toshihiko ^c   Inoue, Takehiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Soseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; High dose rate; Intracavitary brachytherapy; Medium dose rate

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; IRIDIUM 192; NEDAPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER PERFORATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCIDENCE; INTRACAVITARY BRACHYTHERAPY; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIUM DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 32844455785     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02489989     Document Type: Article

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