Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 218-222 , October 2006

High-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies

  • Sushil Beriwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Magee-Womens Hospital, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Tel.: +1-412-641-4600; fax: +1-412-641-1971.
    • ,
  • Ajay Bhatnagar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Dwight E. Heron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Raj Selvaraj

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Robert Mogus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Hayeon Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Kristina Gerszten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Joseph Kelley

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Robert P. Edwards

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

Received 19 June 2006 ,Revised 6 September 2006 ,Accepted 12 September 2006.

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 This study was presented in part at the 2005 American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

PII: S1538-4721(06)00251-0

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.09.002

Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 218-222 , October 2006

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