Comparison of DVH parameters and loading patterns of standard loading, manual and inverse optimization for intracavitary brachytherapy on a subset of tandem/ovoid cases

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 501-506

  Jamema, Swamidas V ^a   Kirisits, Christian ^b   Mahantshetty, Umesh ^a   Trnkova, Petra ^b   Deshpande, Deepak D ^a   Shrivastava, Shyam K ^a   Pötter, Richard ^b  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervix cancer; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; TUMOR BURDEN; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78651517540     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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