Feasibility of applying a single treatment plan for both fractions in PDR image guided brachytherapy in cervix cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-38

  Mohamed, Sandy ^a,b   Nielsen, Søren K ^a   Fokdal, Lars U ^a   Pedersen, Erik M ^a   Lindegaard, Jacob C ^a   Tanderup, Kari ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cervix cancer; Image guided brachytherapy; Pulsed dose rate; Single plan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; SIGMOID; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; TUMOR BURDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878231215     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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