Technical aspects and perspectives of the vaginal mold applicator for brachytherapy of gynecologic malignancies

Brachytherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-277

  Magné, Nicolas ^a   Chargari, Cyrus ^a,b   SanFilippo, Nicholas ^c   Messai, Taha ^a   Gerbaulet, Alain ^a   Haie Meder Christine, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^c North East Structural Genomics Center (NESG)   (United States)

Author keywords

Applicator; Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Vaginal mold

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TOPOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINAL MOLD APPLICATOR;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 77954937830     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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