Inter-observer comparison of target delineation for MRI-assisted cervical cancer brachytherapy: Application of the GYN GEC-ESTRO recommendations

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-172

  Dimopoulos, Johannes C A ^a   Vos, Veronique De ^b   Berger, Daniel ^a   Petric, Primoz ^a,c   Dumas, Isabelle ^b   Kirisits, Christian ^a   Shenfield, Carey B ^a   Haie Meder, Christine ^b   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; GYN GEC ESTRO recommendations; MRI assisted brachytherapy; Target delineation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65449135454     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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