Potential of dose optimisation in MRI-based PDR brachytherapy of cervix carcinoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-226

  De Brabandere, Marisol ^a   Mousa, Amr Gaber ^b   Nulens, An ^a   Swinnen, Ans ^a   Van Limbergen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervix; MRI; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; SIGMOID; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; COLON; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49149085806     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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