A new method of anatomically conformal vaginal Cuff HDR brachytherapy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 413-418

  Miller, Douglas A ^a   Richardson, Susan ^a   Grigsby, Perry W ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial Cancer; Gynecologic Brachytherapy; GynSite ; HDR; Post Operative

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CUFF; DOSIMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; RECTUM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGINA; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA IRRITATION; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER; VAGINA;

EID: 75749155356     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.10.044     Document Type: Article

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