Use of 3D imaging and awareness of GEC-ESTRO recommendations for cervix cancer brachytherapy throughout Australia and New Zealand

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-387

  Van Dyk, S ^a   Byram, D ^b   Bernshaw, D ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b WP Holman Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; cervix; GEC ESTRO recommendation; imaging; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AUSTRALIA; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955806940     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02185.x     Document Type: Article

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