Direction Modulated Brachytherapy for Treatment of Cervical Cancer. II: Comparative Planning Study With Intracavitary and Intracavitary–Interstitial Techniques
Han DY, Safigholi H, Soliman A, Ravi A, Leung E, Scanderbeg DJ, Liu Z, Owrangi A, Song WY. Direction Modulated Brachytherapy for Treatment of Cervical Cancer. II: Comparative Planning Study With Intracavitary and Intracavitary–Interstitial Techniques. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2016, 96: 440-448. PMID: 27598809, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComparative planning studyCervical cancerGroupe Européen de Curiethérapie-European SocietyOriginal clinical plansCervical cancer patientsTandem applicatorUse of needlesOncology recommendationsCancer patientsAdaptive brachytherapyClinical practiceClinical plansPotential clinical translationPlan qualityPatientsCancerClinical translationBrachytherapyNeedle applicatorConsistent improvementD90 valuesStandard tandemPlanning studiesStandard applicatorsTotal number