Combined Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy and Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Cervical Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 618-624

  Macdonald, Dusten M ^a   Lin, Lillie L ^d   Biehl, Kenneth ^a   Mutic, Sasa ^a   Nantz, Regan ^a   Grigsby, Perry W ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Intensity modulated radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

DRUG DOSAGE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCER; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

CISPLATIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL RECORD; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43049156401     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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