A Dose-Volume Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Aided High-Dose-Rate Image-Based Interstitial Brachytherapy for Uterine Cervical Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 765-772

  Yoshida, Ken ^a   Yamazaki, Hideya ^b   Takenaka, Tadashi ^a   Kotsuma, Tadayuki ^a   Yoshida, Mineo ^a   Furuya, Seiichi ^c   Tanaka, Eiichi ^a   Uegaki, Tadaaki ^a   Kuriyama, Keiko ^a   Matsumoto, Hisanobu ^a   Yamada, Shigetoshi ^a   Ban, Chiaki ^a  

^a OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose volume histogram; Image based brachytherapy; Interstitial brachytherapy; Uterine cervical cancer

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; IMAGE-BASED; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; UTERINE CERVICAL CANCER;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CISPLATIN; IFOSFAMIDE; IRIDIUM 192; MITOMYCIN C; NEDAPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION HAZARD; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUMOR BURDEN; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952561456     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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