Comparative Study of LDR (Manchester System) and HDR Image-guided Conformal Brachytherapy of Cervical Cancer: Patterns of Failure, Late Complications, and Survival

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1529-1535

  Narayan, Kailash ^a   van Dyk, Sylvia ^a   Bernshaw, David ^a   Rajasooriyar, Chrishanthi ^a   Kondalsamy Chennakesavan, Srinivas ^b,c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervix; Failure; Imaging

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCERS; CERVIX; CERVIX CANCERS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONCURRENT CISPLATIN; CURATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; FAILURE; FAILURE-FREE SURVIVAL; HDR IMAGE; HIGH DOSE RATE; IMAGE-GUIDED; IMAGING; INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION; LATE RADIATION EFFECTS; LOW DOSE RATE; MANCHESTER; PATTERNS OF FAILURE; PRE-TREATMENT; SYSTEMIC FAILURE; TUMOR VOLUMES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

PATIENT MONITORING;

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA DISEASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651087466     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.085     Document Type: Article

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