Trans-abdominal ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) correlation for conformal intracavitary brachytherapy in carcinoma of the uterine cervix

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-134

  Mahantshetty, Umesh ^a   Khanna, Nehal ^a   Swamidas, Jamema ^a   Engineer, Reena ^a   Thakur, Meenakshi H ^a   Merchant, Nikhil H ^a   Deshpande, Deepak D ^a   Shrivastava, Shyamkishore ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of uterine cervix; ICBT; Image guided conformal brachytherapy; MR imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CISPLATIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84455199740     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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