Small-bowel displacement system for the sparing of Small bowel in three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for cervical cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 467-473

  Huh, Seung Jae ^a   Park, W ^a   Ju, S G ^a   Lee, J E ^a   Han, Y ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Pelvic irradiation; Small bowel displacement system; Small bowel morbidity; Three dimensional conformal radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM; SMALL BOWEL DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544237779     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2004.06.027     Document Type: Article

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