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Cervical Cancer
CT-based volumetric calculations compared to ICRU reference-point estimates
June 23rd, 2005
CT-based volumetric calculations were compared to ICRU reference-point estimates of doses delivered to bladder and rectum during cervical cancer radiotherapy. In a recently published study, investigators in the United States conducted a study "to compare CT-based volumetric calculations and International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) reference-point estimates of radiation doses to the bladder and rectum in patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix treated with definitive low-dose-rate intracavitary radiotherapy (ICRT). Between November 2001 and March 2003, 60 patients were prospectively enrolled in a pilot study of ICRT with CT-based...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-23)
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