Comparison of VMAT and IMRT strategies for cervical cancer patients using automated planning

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 395-401

  Sharfo, Abdul Wahab M ^a   Voet, Peter W J ^a   Breedveld, Sebastiaan ^a   Mens, Jan Willem M ^a   Hoogeman, Mischa S ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MC CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated knowledge based planning; IMRT; Locally advanced cervical cancer; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

AUTOMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84927578366     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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