Late Rectal Complications Evaluated by Computed Tomography-Based Dose Calculations in Patients With Cervical Carcinoma Undergoing High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-124

  Noda, Shin ei ^a,b   Ohno, Tatsuya ^a   Kato, Shingo ^a   Ishii, Takayoshi ^a   Saito, Osami ^a   Wakatsuki, Masaru ^b   Tamaki, Tomoaki ^a   Watanabe, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^b   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biologically effective dose; Cervical carcinoma; CT based dose calculation; High dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy; Late rectal complications

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DELIVERY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIATION EFFECTS;

BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE DOSES; CERVICAL CARCINOMA; CT-BASED DOSE CALCULATION; HIGH-DOSE-RATE INTRACAVITARY BRACHYTHERAPY; LATE RECTAL COMPLICATIONS;

DOSIMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547842089     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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