Image-guided vulvovaginal interstitial brachytherapy in the treatment of primary and recurrent gynecological malignancies

Brachytherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 306-310

  de Ieso, Paulo B ^a   Mullassery, Vinod ^a   Shrimali, Raj ^a   Lowe, Gerry ^a   Bryant, Linda ^a   Hoskin, Peter J ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervix; Endometrial; Image guided; Interstitial; Vagina; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HIGH DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VULVA;

AGED; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862577632     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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