Brachytherapy in endometrial cancer: Quantification of air gaps around a vaginal cylinder

Brachytherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-358

  Cameron, Alison L ^a   Cornes, Paul ^a   Al Booz, Hoda ^a  

^a BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air gaps; Brachytherapy; Endometrial cancer

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; VAGINA; VOLUMETRY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VAGINA;

EID: 53349177811     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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