Cervical Cancer
Research from Baskent University, Medical Department provides new data about cervical cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 10th, 2009
In this recent study, researchers in Adana, Turkey conducted a study "To compare intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) planning methods for cervical cancer, based on either orthogonal radiographs (conventional plan) or CT sections (CT plan); the comparison focused on target volume coverage and dose volume analysis of organs at risk (OARs), by representing point doses defined by the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurement (ICRU) and dose volume histograms (DVHs) from 3D planning. We analyzed the dosimetric data for 62 conventional and CT-based ICBT plans."
"The gross tumor volume (GTV), clinical target volume (CTV) and organs at risk (OAR)s were...
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