Should uterine tandem applicators ever be placed without ultrasound guidance? no a brief report and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 941-944

  Small Jr , William ^a   Strauss, Jonathan B ^a   Hwang, Catherine S ^b   Cohen, Leeber ^c   Lurain, John ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State Senator Joseph Andrea Cancer Center   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Radiotherapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLETCHER-SUIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS PERFORATION;

EID: 82955196836     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31821bca53     Document Type: Article

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