A dosimetric analysis of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) as an alternative to adjuvant high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy in early endometrial cancer patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 266-273

  Aydogan, Bulent ^a,b   Mundt, Arno J ^a,b   Smith, Brett D ^b   Mell, Loren K ^a   Wang, Steve ^a   Sutton, Harold ^a,b   Roeske, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Early endometrial cancer; High dose rate; integral dose; Intensity modulated radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TUMORS;

EARLY ENDOMETRIAL CANCER; HIGH DOSE RATE; INTEGRAL DOSE; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EARLY CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HIGH DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER; VAGINA;

EID: 33645998111     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.12.049     Document Type: Article

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