Ultrasound-guided tandem placement for low-dose-rate brachytherapy in advanced cervical cancer minimizes risk of intraoperative uterine perforation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-244

  Watkins, J M ^a   Kearney, P L ^a   Opfermann, K J ^a   Ackerman, S J ^a   Jenrette, J M ^a   Kohler, M F ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; cervix neoplasms; ultrasonography; uterine perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTERUS; UTERUS PERFORATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE PERFORATION; UTERUS;

EID: 79251568021     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8805     Document Type: Article

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