Dose-Volume Histogram Parameters and Local Tumor Control in Magnetic Resonance Image-Guided Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-63

  Dimopoulos, Johannes C A ^a   Lang, Stefan ^a   Kirisits, Christian ^a   Fidarova, Elena F ^a   Berger, Daniel ^a   Georg, Petra ^a   Dörr, Wolfgang ^b   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Dose volume histogram (DVH); Magnetic resonance (MR) image guided brachytherapy; Target

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCER; CERVICAL CANCERS; CIS-PLATIN; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAM (DVH); DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; EQUIVALENT DOSE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; IMAGE-GUIDED; LINEAR-QUADRATIC MODELS; LOCAL CONTROL; LOCAL RECURRENCE; LOCAL TUMOR CONTROL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; TUMOR SIZE; VOLUME OF INTEREST;

ACTIVE FILTERS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TARGETS;

TUMORS;

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUMOR BURDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65649111832     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.033     Document Type: Article

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