The evolving practice of intrauterine cervix brachytherapy in Canada: Amedical physics perspective

Brachytherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 324-330

  Marchant, Kristin Joy ^a,b   Sadikov, Evgeny ^a,b  

^a Allan Blair Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy physics; Canadian radiotherapy centers; Cervical cancer; Image guided brachytherapy; Survey of practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CERVIX BRACHYTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANS AT RISK; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; X RAY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 84879461640     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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