Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 187-194 , July 2007

Image-based three-dimensional treatment planning of intracavitary brachytherapy for cancer of the cervix: Dose-volume histograms of the bladder, rectum, sigmoid colon, and small bowel

  • Robert Y. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1824 6th Avenue South, WTI 114, Birmingham, AL 35249. Tel.: +1-205-975-0222; fax: +1-205-975-0784.
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  • Sui Shen
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  • Jun Duan

Received 25 October 2006 ,Revised 30 November 2006 ,Accepted 30 November 2006.

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PII: S1538-4721(07)00183-3

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.11.005

Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 187-194 , July 2007

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