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Magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: initiating a program
Over the past decade, the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has increased, and there is growing evidence to suggest that improvements in accuracy of target delineation in MRI-guided brachytherapy may improve clinical outcomes in cervical cancer. To implement a high quality image guided...
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Termedia Publishing House
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26622249 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.55541 |
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author | Owrangi, Amir M. Prisciandaro, Joann I. Soliman, Abraam Ravi, Ananth Song, William Y. |
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description | Over the past decade, the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has increased, and there is growing evidence to suggest that improvements in accuracy of target delineation in MRI-guided brachytherapy may improve clinical outcomes in cervical cancer. To implement a high quality image guided brachytherapy program, a multidisciplinary team is required with appropriate expertise as well as an adequate patient load to ensure a sustainable program. It is imperative to know that the most important source of uncertainty in the treatment process is related to target delineation and therefore, the necessity of training and expertise as well as quality assurance should be emphasized. A short review of concepts and techniques that have been developed for implementation and/or improvement of workflow of a MRI-guided brachytherapy program are provided in this document, so that institutions can use and optimize some of them based on their resources to minimize their procedure times. |
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spelling | pubmed-46632192015-11-30 Magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: initiating a program Owrangi, Amir M. Prisciandaro, Joann I. Soliman, Abraam Ravi, Ananth Song, William Y. J Contemp Brachytherapy Review Paper Over the past decade, the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has increased, and there is growing evidence to suggest that improvements in accuracy of target delineation in MRI-guided brachytherapy may improve clinical outcomes in cervical cancer. To implement a high quality image guided brachytherapy program, a multidisciplinary team is required with appropriate expertise as well as an adequate patient load to ensure a sustainable program. It is imperative to know that the most important source of uncertainty in the treatment process is related to target delineation and therefore, the necessity of training and expertise as well as quality assurance should be emphasized. A short review of concepts and techniques that have been developed for implementation and/or improvement of workflow of a MRI-guided brachytherapy program are provided in this document, so that institutions can use and optimize some of them based on their resources to minimize their procedure times. Termedia Publishing House 2015-10-30 2015-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4663219/ /pubmed/26622249 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.55541 Text en Copyright © 2015 Termedia Sp. z o. o. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. |
spellingShingle | Review Paper Owrangi, Amir M. Prisciandaro, Joann I. Soliman, Abraam Ravi, Ananth Song, William Y. Magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: initiating a program |
title | Magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: initiating a program |
title_full | Magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: initiating a program |
title_fullStr | Magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: initiating a program |
title_full_unstemmed | Magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: initiating a program |
title_short | Magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: initiating a program |
title_sort | magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: initiating a program |
topic | Review Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26622249 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.55541 |
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