Prospective comparison of clinical and computed tomography assessment in detecting uterine perforation with intracavitary brachytherapy for carcinoma of the cervix

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 821-826

  Barnes, E A ^a   Thomas, G ^a   Ackerman, I ^a   Barbera, L ^a   Letourneau, D ^b   Lam, K ^b   Makhani, N ^a   Sankreacha, R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervix brachytherapy; Tandem placement; Uterine perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS PERFORATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE PERFORATION;

EID: 34447298127     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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