Consensus Guidelines for Delineation of Clinical Target Volume for Intensity-Modulated Pelvic Radiotherapy in Postoperative Treatment of Endometrial and Cervical Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 428-434

  Small Jr , William ^a   Mell, Loren K ^b   Anderson, Penny ^c   Creutzberg, Carien ^d   De Los Santos, Jennifer ^e   Gaffney, David ^f   Jhingran, Anuja ^g   Portelance, Lorraine ^h   Schefter, Tracey ⁱ   Iyer, Revathy ^g   Varia, Mahesh ^j   Winter, Kathryn ^k   Mundt, Arno J ^l  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Cervical cancer; Endometrial cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Pelvic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ONCOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CERVICAL CANCER; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; ENDOMETRIAL CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PELVIC RADIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE TREATMENT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43049174720     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.09.042     Document Type: Article

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