Variation of treatment planning parameters (D90 HR-CTV, D2cc for OAR) for cervical cancer tandem ring brachytherapy in a multicentre setting: Comparison of standard planning and 3D image guided optimisation based on a joint protocol for dose-volume constraints

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-345

  Jürgenliemk Schulz, Ina M ^a   Lang, Stefan ^b   Tanderup, Kari ^c   de Leeuw, Astrid ^a   Kirisits, Christian ^b   Lindegaard, Jacob ^c   Petric, Primoz ^d   Hudej, Robert ^d   Pötter, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Gynaecological; MRI based; Multicentre; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77949307410     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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