Postoperative Irradiation of Gynecologic Malignancies: Improving Treatment Delivery Using Aperture-Based Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 601-611

  Nadeau, Sylvain ^a,b   Bouchard, Myriam ^b   Germain, Isabelle ^b   Raymond, Paul Émile ^b   Beaulieu, Frédéric ^b   Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b   Roy, René ^a   Gingras, Luc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Endometrial cancer; IMRT; Inverse planning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GYNECOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

CERVICAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS; GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES; HISTOGRAM STATISTICS; INVERSE PLANNING; PELVIC RADIOTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 34247884583     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.01.046     Document Type: Article

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