Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 254-259 , July 2008

A dosimetric comparison of two high-dose-rate brachytherapy planning systems in cervix cancer: Standardized template planning vs. computerized treatment planning

  • Hassisen Patone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Luis Souhami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. McGill University Health Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Room D5 400, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4. Tel.: +1-514-934-8040; fax: +1-514-934-8392.
    • ,
  • William Parker

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael Evans

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Marie Duclos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Lorraine Portelance

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Received 28 December 2007 ,Revised 29 January 2008 ,Accepted 31 January 2008.

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PII: S1538-4721(08)00553-9

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.01.004

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 254-259 , July 2008

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