Dosimetric effects of the Smit sleeve on high-dose-rate brachytherapy tandem and ovoids plans for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer

PURPOSE: Smit sleeves are used to facilitate insertion of the intrauterine tandem during brachytherapy for cervical cancer. When a tandem and ovoids system is used the base of the Smit sleeve displaces the ovoids distally. The dosimetric impact of this displacement is not known. Herein we performed...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Shahil, Farnia, Benjamin, de la Zerda, Alberto, Rahimi, Robabeh, Wolfson, Aaron, Portelance, Lorraine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31969918
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2019.90435

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