PTV margins should not be used to compensate for uncertainties in 3D image guided intracavitary brachytherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 495-500

  Tanderup, Kari ^a   Pötter, Richard ^b   Lindegaard, Jacob Christian ^a   Berger, Daniel ^b   Wambersie, André ^c   Kirisits, Christian ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Intracavitary; Margins; PTV; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANNING TARGET VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 78651470984     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.08.021     Document Type: Article

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