Journal article
Prospective comparison of rectal dose reduction during intracavitary brachytherapy for cervical cancer using three rectal retraction techniques
Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare three rectal retraction methods on dose to organs at risk, focusing on rectal dose, in cervix cancer patients treated with high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy.
METHODS AND MATERIALS: A prospective study was conducted on patients with cervical carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy, including external beam radiation and four fractions of high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy prescribed to Point A using a ring …
Authors
Kong I; Vorunganti S; Patel M; Farrell T; Timotin E; Quinlan-Davidson S; Pond G; Sur R; Hunter R
Journal
Brachytherapy, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 450–455
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.brachy.2016.03.005
ISSN
1538-4721