CyberKnife boost for patients with cervical cancer unable to undergo brachytherapy

CyberKnife boost for patients with cervical cancer unable to undergo brachytherapy

Standard radiation therapy for patients undergoing primary chemosensitized radiation for carcinomas of the cervix usually consists of external beam radiation followed by an intracavitary brachytherapy boost. On occasion, the brachytherapy boost cannot be performed due to unusual anatomy or because o...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Andrew Haas, Matthew R Witten, Owen eClancey, Karen eEpiscopia, Diane eAccordino, Eva eChalas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
Brachytherapy
CyberKnife
SBRT
Cervix
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2012.00025/full

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