Image-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: A Canadian Brachytherapy Group survey

Brachytherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-351

  Pavamani, Simon ^a   D'Souza, David P ^b   Portelance, Lorraine ^c   Craighead, Peter S ^a   Pearce, Andrew G ^d   Traptow, Laurel L ^e   Doll, Corinne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Sudbury Regional Cancer Center   (Canada)

^e TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Image guided brachytherapy; Pattern of practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052316061     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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