Image-guided brachytherapy for cervix cancer: From Manchester to Melbourne

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Narayan, Kailash ^a   Barkati, Maroie ^a   Van Dyk, Sylvia ^a   Bernshaw, David ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervix cancer; High dose rate; Image guided brachytherapy; Low dose rate; Manchester system; Target volume

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED BRACHYTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AUSTRALIA; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74949142037     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ERA.09.166     Document Type: Review

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