Abstract
For volumes up to 2 cm3 of the bladder and possibly up to 5 cm3 of the rectum, doses computed from the whole organ were good estimates of the doses in the wall in cervix brachytherapy, and there were no significant differences between patients treated with or without interstitial needles.
Keywords:
Bladder; Cervical cancer; Dosimetric parameters; Interstitial brachytherapy; Organ delineation; Rectum.
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MeSH terms
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Brachytherapy / methods*
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Female
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Humans
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Neoplasm Staging
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Radiometry / methods
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Radiotherapy Dosage
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Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / methods*
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Radiotherapy, Image-Guided / methods
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Rectum / anatomy & histology
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Rectum / diagnostic imaging*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
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Urinary Bladder / anatomy & histology
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Urinary Bladder / diagnostic imaging*
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Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
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Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / radiotherapy*