Adjuvant vaginal cuff brachytherapy: dosimetric comparison of conventional versus 3-dimensional planning in endometrial cancer.

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Gultekin M., Yilmaz M. T. , Biltekin F., Yuce D., Sari S. Y. , Akyol F., ...More

Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, vol.12, pp.601-605, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.5114/jcb.2020.101694
  • Journal Name: Journal of contemporary brachytherapy
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.601-605
  • Keywords: endometrial cancer, brachytherapy, vaginal cuff brachytherapy, three-dimensional planning, dosimetric comparison, POSTOPERATIVE RADIATION-THERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED BRACHYTHERAPY, EXTERNAL-BEAM RADIOTHERAPY, DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, AMERICAN SOCIETY, CARCINOMA, RECOMMENDATIONS, GUIDELINES, PORTEC-2

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate dosimetric differences between point-based 2-dimensional (2D) vaginal brachytherapy (VBT) treatment planning technique and volume-based 3-dimensional (3D) VBT method for endometrial cancer (EC).