Comparison of dosimetric parameters derived from whole organ and wall contours for bladder and rectum in cervical cancer patients treated with intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy

Publication date: Available online 6 February 2018
Source:Radiotherapy and Oncology
Author(s): Rachel Gerber, Alexandra Rink, Jennifer Croke, Jette Borg, Akbar Beiki-Ardakani, Anthony Fyles, Michael Milosevic, Jason Xie, Harald Keller, Kathy Han
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.



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