Clinical use of the utrecht applicator for combined intracavitary/ interstitial brachytherapy treatment in locally advanced cervical cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1424-1430

  Nomden, Christel N ^a   De Leeuw, Astrid A C ^a   Moerland, Marinus A ^a   Roesink, Judith M ^a   Tersteeg, Robbert J H A ^a   Jürgenliemk Schulz, Ina Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervix; Gynecology; Interstitial; Intracavitary; Magnetic resonance guided

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCERS; CERVIX; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CLINICAL USE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE RATE; INSERTION DEPTH; INTERSTITIAL; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; INTRACAVITARY; LOADING PATTERNS; NEEDLE PLACEMENT; OPTIMIZED PLANS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT TIME;

APPLICATORS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GYNECOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY;

NEEDLES;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTRECHT APPLICATOR;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COLON, SIGMOID; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RECTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857921912     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.04.044     Document Type: Article

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