International brachytherapy practice patterns: A survey of the Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup (GCIG)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 250-255

  Viswanathan, Akila N ^a   Creutzberg, Carien L ^b   Craighead, Peter ^c   McCormack, Mary ^d   Toita, Takafumi ^e   Narayan, Kailash ^f   Reed, Nicholas ^g   Long, Harry ^h   Kim, Hak Jae ⁱ   Marth, Christian ^j   Lindegaard, Jacob C ^k   Cerrotta, Annmarie ^l   Small Jr , William ^m   Trimble, Edward ⁿ  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^h Mayo Clinic   (United States)

ⁱ Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^j INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^k AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^l NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^m NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; GYNECOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; SURVEYS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCERS; FRACTIONATION PATTERNS; HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; INTERNATIONAL BRACHYTHERAPY; INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; NEDAPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; VABICASERIN;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SPAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 83955165976     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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