Australian high-dose-rate brachytherapy protocols for gynaecological malignancy
| Autor: | Kailash Narayan, Sam Leung, Craig MacLeod, Robyn Cheuk, Mark Stevens, Scott Carruthers, Mike Dally, Peter Jeal, Stan Gauden, Deborah Thornton, Allan Fowler, Chris Milross |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Brachytherapy Dose fractionation Australia Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Radiotherapy Dosage Gynaecological cancer High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy Endometrial Neoplasms Treatment Outcome Clinical Protocols Gynecological malignancy Public hospital Radiation oncology medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Medical physics Female Dose Fractionation Radiation business |
| Zdroj: | Australasian radiology. 45(1) |
| ISSN: | 0004-8461 |
| Popis: | There is no consensus over the optimal dose fractionation schedules for high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy used for gynaecological malignancy. In Australian public hospital departments of radiation oncology, HDR brachytherapy for gynaecological cancer is being more commonly used. A survey of public departments that are using this technology, or that plan to introduce this technology, was performed. Their current protocols are presented. In general, protocols are similar biologically; however, the practical aspects such as the number of fractions given do vary and may reflect resource restrictions or, alternatively, differences in interpretations of the literature and of the best protocols by clinicians. |
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