Factors for Predicting Rectal Dose of High-Dose-Rate Intracavitary Brachytherapy After Pelvic Irradiation in Patients With Cervical Cancer: A Retrospective Study With Radiography-Based Dosimetry

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 490-495

  Huang, Eng Yen ^a   Wang, Chong Jong ^a   Lan, Jen Hong ^a   Chen, Hui Chun ^a   Fang, Fu Min ^a   Hsu, Hsuan Chih ^a   Huang, Yu Jie ^a   Wang, Chang Yu ^a   Wang, Yu Ming ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cervical cancer; High dose rate; Intracavitary brachytherapy; Rectal dose

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE DOSE; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCERS; DOSE CALCULATION; FRACTION SIZE; HIGH DOSE RATE; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PELVIC IRRADIATION; PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS; PREDICTIVE FACTORS; RADIATION UNIT; REGRESSION MODEL;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; IRRADIATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; ONCOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH DOSE RATE INTRACAVITARY BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTITIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73649149385     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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