Image-Guided Radiotherapy and -Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer

Dutta, Suresh; P. Nguyen, Nam; Vock, Jacqueline; Kerr, Christine; Godinez, Juan; Bose, S.; Jang, Siyoung; Chi, Alexander; Almeida, Fábio; G. Woods, William; Desai, Anand; David, Rick; Karlsson, Ulf; Altdorfer, Gabor; International Geriatric Radiotherapy Group, The

doi:10.3389/fonc.2015.00064

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Image-Guided Radiotherapy and -Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer

Published in Frontiers in Oncology • Mar 17, 2015

Authors:

Suresh Dutta

Nam P. Nguyen

Jacqueline Vock

Abstract

Conventional radiotherapy for cervical cancer relies on clinical examination, 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT), and 2-dimensional intracavitary brachytherapy. Excellent local control and survival have been obtained for small early stage cervical cancer with definitive radiotherapy. For ...

Subject

Medicine

Brachytherapy

Image-guided radiation therapy

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