A dosimetric evaluation of using a single treatment plan for multiple treatment fractions within a given applicator insertion in gynecologic brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 487-494

  Pinnaduwage, Dilini S ^a   Cunha, J Adam ^a   Weinberg, Vivian ^a   Krishnamurthy, Devan ^a   Nash, Marc ^a   Hsu, I Chow ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; HDR brachytherapy; Interfraction dosimetry; Tandem ring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CERVICAL CANCER; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; INTERFRACTION DOSIMETRY; TANDEM-RING;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84883561482     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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