Review of clinical brachytherapy uncertainties: Analysis guidelines of GEC-ESTRO and the AAPM

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 199-212

  Kirisits, Christian ^a   Rivard, Mark J ^b   Baltas, Dimos ^c   Ballester, Facundo ^d   De Brabandere, Marisol ^e   Van Der Laarse, Rob ^f   Niatsetski, Yury ^g   Papagiannis, Panagiotis ^h   Hellebust, Taran Paulsen ^i,j   Perez Calatayud, Jose ^k   Tanderup, Kari ^l   Venselaar, Jack L M ^m   Siebert, Frank André ⁿ  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f Quality Radiation Therapy   (Netherlands)

^g Elekta AB   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

ⁱ OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^l AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^m Instituut Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Treatment planning; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; COMPTON EFFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY RESOURCE; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SIZE; PROSTATE VOLUME; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84896065122     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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