Image-guided brachytherapy for gynecologic surgeons.
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Chino, J; Secord, AA
Published in: Surg Oncol Clin N Am
July 2013
Brachytherapy is a fundamental component of the definitive treatment of many advanced gynecologic malignancies, most notably cancers of the uterine corpus and cervix, and allows high radiation doses to be delivered to the target while minimizing the normal tissue dose. However, dose specification has been based primarily on points visible on plain radiographs, with limited correlation to a patient's anatomy and extent of disease. Recent advances have allowed more customized volume-based specification of dose, which has allowed improvements in outcomes. This article reviews these advances using cervical cancer as a model, and looks to future directions with this promising treatment.
Duke Scholars
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Surg Oncol Clin N Am
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EISSN
1558-5042
Publication Date
July 2013
Volume
22
Issue
3
Start / End Page
495 / 509
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Radiotherapy, Image-Guided
- Physicians
- Oncology & Carcinogenesis
- Humans
- Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
- Genital Neoplasms, Female
- Female
- Brachytherapy
- 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis
- 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
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Chino, J., & Secord, A. A. (2013). Image-guided brachytherapy for gynecologic surgeons. Surg Oncol Clin N Am, 22(3), 495–509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soc.2013.02.002
Chino, Junzo, and Angeles Alvarez Secord. “Image-guided brachytherapy for gynecologic surgeons.” Surg Oncol Clin N Am 22, no. 3 (July 2013): 495–509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soc.2013.02.002.
Chino J, Secord AA. Image-guided brachytherapy for gynecologic surgeons. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2013 Jul;22(3):495–509.
Chino, Junzo, and Angeles Alvarez Secord. “Image-guided brachytherapy for gynecologic surgeons.” Surg Oncol Clin N Am, vol. 22, no. 3, July 2013, pp. 495–509. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.soc.2013.02.002.
Chino J, Secord AA. Image-guided brachytherapy for gynecologic surgeons. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2013 Jul;22(3):495–509.
Published In
Surg Oncol Clin N Am
DOI
EISSN
1558-5042
Publication Date
July 2013
Volume
22
Issue
3
Start / End Page
495 / 509
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Radiotherapy, Image-Guided
- Physicians
- Oncology & Carcinogenesis
- Humans
- Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
- Genital Neoplasms, Female
- Female
- Brachytherapy
- 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis
- 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis