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3-T MR-guided brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies

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A fast inverse treatment planning strategy facilitating optimized catheter selection in image-guided high-dose-rate interstitial gynecologic brachytherapy

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A fast multitarget inverse treatment planning strategy optimizing dosimetric measures for high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy

scientific article published on 19 June 2017

A novel intracavitary applicator design for the treatment of deep vaginal fornices: preliminary dose metrics and geometric analysis.

scientific article published on 13 February 2015

A novel low dose fractionation regimen for adjuvant vaginal brachytherapy in early stage endometrioid endometrial cancer.

scientific article published on 28 July 2012

A novel minimally invasive dynamic shield intensity modulated brachytherapy system for cervical cancer

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

A prospective feasibility study of radiation and concurrent bevacizumab for recurrent endometrial cancer.

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A prospective trial of real-time magnetic resonance-guided catheter placement in interstitial gynecologic brachytherapy.

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A radiopaque polymer hydrogel used as a fiducial marker in gynecologic-cancer patients receiving brachytherapy.

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

A system to use electromagnetic tracking for the quality assurance of brachytherapy catheter digitization

scientific article published in October 2014

Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Margin-Positive Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Defining the Ideal Dose-Response Using the National Cancer Data Base.

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Adjuvant chemotherapy with external beamradiation therapy for high-grade, node-positive endometrial cancer.

scientific article published on October 2014

Adjuvant therapy after radical trachelectomy for stage I cervical cancer.

scientific article published on 5 May 2018

Adjuvant therapy for early stage, endometrial cancer with lymphovascular space invasion: Is there a role for chemotherapy?

scientific article published on 14 January 2020

Adjuvant treatment improves overall survival in women with high-intermediate risk early-stage endometrial cancer with lymphovascular space invasion

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

Adoption of an incident learning system in a regionally expanding academic radiation oncology department

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Advances in the Use of Radiation for Gynecologic Cancers ⬇️

scientific article published on December 12, 2011

Aiming for 100% Local Control in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: The Role of Complex Brachytherapy Applicators and Intraprocedural Imaging

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for adjuvant vaginal cuff brachytherapy after hysterectomy

scientific article published on January 2012

American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for interstitial brachytherapy for vaginal cancer

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix. Part I: general principles.

scientific article published on January 2012

American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix. Part II: high-dose-rate brachytherapy

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American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix. Part III: low-dose-rate and pulsed-dose-rate brachytherapy

scientific article published on January 2012

American Brachytherapy Society recurrent carcinoma of the endometrium task force patterns of care and review of the literature.

scientific article published on 6 September 2017

American Brachytherapy Society working group report on the patterns of care and a literature review of reirradiation for gynecologic cancers

scientific article published on 06 January 2020

American Brachytherapy Society: Brachytherapy treatment recommendations for locally advanced cervix cancer for low-income and middle-income countries.

scientific article published on 2 December 2016

American Brachytherapy Task Group Report: A pooled analysis of clinical outcomes for high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer

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American Brachytherapy Task Group Report: Adjuvant vaginal brachytherapy for early-stage endometrial cancer: A comprehensive review.

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

An Integrated Program in a Pandemic: Johns Hopkins Radiation Oncology Department

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Aspirin, NSAID, and acetaminophen use and the risk of endometrial cancer

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Assessing and Providing Culturally Competent Care in Radiation Oncology for Deaf Cancer Patients

scientific article published on 13 April 2020

Assessing radiation oncology research needs in India: Results of a physician survey

scientific article published on 20 July 2020

Association of a Simulated Institutional Gender Equity Initiative With Gender-Based Disparities in Medical School Faculty Salaries and Promotions

scientific article published on 07 December 2018

Automatic tandem and ring reconstruction using MRI for cervical cancer brachytherapy

scientific article published on 10 August 2019

Brachytherapy Issues and Priorities in the Context of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Brachytherapy in Gynecologic Cancers: Why Is It Underused?

scientific article published on April 2016

Brachytherapy: An overview for clinicians

scientific article published on 30 July 2019

Brachytherapy: where has it gone?

scientific article published on 09 February 2015

Cervical cancer in low and middle income countries: Addressing barriers to radiotherapy delivery

scientific article published on September 2017

Cervical cancer: A global health crisis

scientific article published on 2 May 2017

Cervix Cancer Research Network (CCRN): Improving Access to Cervix Cancer Trials on a Global Scale.

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Characterization of efficacy and toxicity after high-dose pelvic reirradiation with palliative intent for genitourinary second malignant neoplasms or local recurrences after full-dose radiation therapy in the pelvis: A high-volume cancer center expe

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

Characterization of implant displacement and deformation in gynecologic interstitial brachytherapy

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

Characterizing gradient echo signal decays in gynecologic cancers at 3T using a Gaussian augmentation of the monoexponential (GAME) model

scientific article published on 12 March 2016

Childhood cancer survivors: stillbirth and neonatal death.

scientific article published in August 2010

Circulating melatonin and the risk of breast and endometrial cancer in women.

scientific article published on 12 December 2008

Clinical Outcome following Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Node-positive Endometrial Cancer

Clinical outcomes following 3D image-guided brachytherapy for vaginal recurrence of endometrial cancer.

scientific article published on 9 September 2013

Clinical outcomes of high-dose-rate interstitial gynecologic brachytherapy using real-time CT guidance.

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

Clinical predictors of long-term survival for stage IVB uterine papillary serous carcinoma confined to the abdomen

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Combined chemotherapy and radiation improves survival for node-positive endometrial cancer.

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Comparison and consensus guidelines for delineation of clinical target volume for CT- and MR-based brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer

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Comparison of outcomes for MR-guided versus CT-guided high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy in women with locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix

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Comparison of treatment planning approaches for spatially fractionated irradiation of deep tumors

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Complications of pelvic radiation in patients treated for gynecologic malignancies

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Computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging-based contouring in cervical cancer brachytherapy: results of a prospective trial and preliminary guidelines for standardized contours

scientific article published on 27 February 2007

Computed tomography-based radiation therapy of ovarian remnants for symptomatic persistent endometriosis.

scientific article published in February 2008

Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Stage IIIB Cervical Cancer-Global Impact Through Power.

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Concurrent chemoradiation for vaginal cancer

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Consensus Recommendations for Radiation Therapy Contouring and Treatment of Vulvar Carcinoma

scientific article published on 21 February 2016

Consensus guidelines for delineation of clinical target volume for intensity-modulated pelvic radiotherapy for the definitive treatment of cervix cancer

scientific article published on 14 May 2010

Consensus statement for brachytherapy for the treatment of medically inoperable endometrial cancer

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Correlation of point B and lymph node dose in 3D-planned high-dose-rate cervical cancer brachytherapy

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Corrigendum to "comparison of outcomes for MR-guided versus CT-guided high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy in women with locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix" [Gynecol. Oncol. 145 (2017) 284-290].

scientific article published on 31 May 2017

Current controversies in high-dose-rate versus low-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer.

scientific article published on September 2006

Deformable structure registration of bladder through surface mapping

scientific article published on June 2006

Design and Fabrication of MR-Tracked Metallic Stylet for Gynecologic Brachytherapy.

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

Dietary insulin index and insulin load in relation to endometrial cancer risk in the Nurses' Health Study

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Does plastic surgical consultation improve the outcome of patients undergoing radical vulvectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva?

scientific article published on 8 February 2015

Dosimetric consequences of interobserver variability in delineating the organs at risk in gynecologic interstitial brachytherapy

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Drug-Radiotherapy Combinations in 2020-a Landmark Year?

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

Duodenal and other gastrointestinal toxicity in cervical and endometrial cancer treated with extended-field intensity modulated radiation therapy to paraaortic lymph nodes

scientific article published on 20 November 2012

EM-Navigated Catheter Placement for Gynecologic Brachytherapy: An Accuracy Study.

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Education and Training Needs in Radiation Oncology in India: Opportunities for Indo-US Collaborations.

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Endocervical adenocarcinoma in situ with ovarian metastases: a unique variant with potential for long-term survival

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Evaluation of an active magnetic resonance tracking system for interstitial brachytherapy.

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Examining the evidence in pursuit of the highest possible brachytherapy standards

scientific article published on 20 September 2013

Frailty measure is more predictive of outcomes after curative therapy for endometrial cancer than traditional risk factors in women 60 and older

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

Genetic Basis for PD-L1 Expression in Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Cervix and Vulva

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Global Radiation Oncology From the Trainee Perspective: A View From Beyond the Bunker

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Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) consensus review for clear cell carcinoma of the uterine corpus and cervix.

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Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) consensus review for small cell carcinoma of the cervix.

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Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) consensus review for uterine serous carcinoma.

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Gynecologic Malignancies

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

HIV Infection and Survival Among Women With Cervical Cancer

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Image Guided Cervical Brachytherapy: 2014 Survey of the American Brachytherapy Society.

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Image-Guided Gynecologic Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Survival and Acute Toxicities From Chemoradiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer Patients in a Limited-Resource Setting.

scientific article published in February 2018

Impact of radiotherapy on fertility, pregnancy, and neonatal outcomes in female cancer patients.

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In Reply to Smith and Eifel

scientific article published on 01 February 2014

Increasing brachytherapy dose predicts survival for interstitial and tandem-based radiation for stage IIIB cervical cancer

scientific article published on 01 November 2009

Independent brachytherapy plan verification software: improving efficacy and efficiency

scientific article published on 23 October 2014

Influence of margin status and radiation on recurrence after radical hysterectomy in Stage IB cervical cancer

scientific article published on 05 June 2006

International brachytherapy practice patterns: a survey of the Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup (GCIG)

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International outreach: what is the responsibility of ASTRO and the major international radiation oncology societies?

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Interventional Radiation Oncology (IRO): Transition of a magnetic resonance simulator to a brachytherapy suite

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Involution of latent endometrial precancers by hormonal and nonhormonal mechanisms

scientific article published on May 2009

Lessons Learned From Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico: Practical Measures to Mitigate the Impact of a Catastrophic Natural Disaster on Radiation Oncology Patients

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

Loss of ARID1A in Tumor Cells Renders Selective Vulnerability to Combined Ionizing Radiation and PARP Inhibitor Therapy

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

MR- versus CT-based high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for vaginal recurrence of endometrial cancer.

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Magnetic Resonance-Guided Gynecologic Brachytherapy

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Magnetic resonance image guided brachytherapy

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Magnetic resonance-guided interstitial therapy for vaginal recurrence of endometrial cancer

scientific article published on 12 July 2006

Management of Nodal Disease in Advanced Cervical Cancer

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Margins in vulvar cancer: challenges to classical clinicopathologic vulvar recurrence risk factors

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Medical Student Perspectives on a Multi-institutional Clerkship Curriculum: A Report From the Radiation Oncology Education Collaborative Study Group

scientific article published on June 2015

Multi-institutional Analysis of Vaginal Brachytherapy Alone for Women With Stage II Endometrial Carcinoma

scientific article published on 24 April 2018

NRG Oncology /RTOG Consensus Guidelines for Delineation of Clinical Target Volume for Intensity-Modulated Pelvic Radiation Therapy in Postoperative Treatment of Endometrial and Cervical Cancer- An Update

scientific article published on 06 September 2020

NRG Oncology/RTOG 0921: A phase 2 study of postoperative intensity-modulated radiotherapy with concurrent cisplatin and bevacizumab followed by carboplatin and paclitaxel for patients with endometrial cancer

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Night shift work and the risk of endometrial cancer

scientific article published in November 2007

Novel use of a hydrogel spacer permits reirradiation in otherwise incurable recurrent gynecologic cancers

scientific article published on 21 October 2013

Oncodiagnosis Panel: 2006. Ovarian, cervical, and endometrial cancer

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Outcome for children with group III rhabdomyosarcoma treated with or without radiotherapy.

scientific article published in March 2004

Outcomes after radiation therapy with concurrent weekly platinum-based chemotherapy or every-3-4-week 5-fluorouracil-containing regimens for squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva

scientific article published on 14 October 2010

Outcomes with image-based interstitial brachytherapy for vaginal cancer

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Outcomes with volume-based dose specification in CT-planned high-dose-rate brachytherapy for stage I-II cervical carcinoma: A 10-year institutional experience.

scientific article published on 6 October 2016

Ovary-Sparing Radiation Planning Techniques Can Achieve Ovarian Dose Reduction for Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Buttock and Thigh

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

Patterns of Incident Reporting Across Clinical Sites in a Regionally Expanding Academic Radiation Oncology Department

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

Pelvic Radiation and Normal Tissue Toxicity

scientific article published on 01 October 2017

Pelvic normal tissue contouring guidelines for radiation therapy: a Radiation Therapy Oncology Group consensus panel atlas

scientific article published on 06 April 2012

Pilot study assessing (18)F-fluorothymidine PET/CT in cervical and vaginal cancers before and after external beam radiation

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Platelet-derived growth factor and fibronectin-stimulated migration are differentially regulated by the Rac and extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathways.

scientific article published on December 1997

Predictors of toxicity after image-guided high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for gynecologic cancer

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Prognostic importance of human papillomavirus (HPV) and p16 positivity in squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva treated with radiotherapy

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Pros and cons of vaginal brachytherapy after external beam radiation therapy in endometrial cancer.

scientific article published on 29 September 2015

Prospective Clinical Implementation of a Novel Magnetic Resonance Tracking Device for Real-Time Brachytherapy Catheter Positioning

scientific article published on 7 June 2017

Prospective clinical trial of bladder filling and three-dimensional dosimetry in high-dose-rate vaginal cuff brachytherapy.

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Pushing the bar in treatment of cervical cancer: What can comprehensive cancer centers do on their own? ⬇️

scientific article published on August 9, 2013

Quality of life (QOL) in women treated for gynecologic malignancies with radiation therapy: a literature review of patient-reported outcomes.

scientific article published on 15 May 2014

Race-driven survival differential in women diagnosed with endometrial cancers in the USA

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Radiation Oncology in India: Challenges and Opportunities

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Radiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer: Executive Summary of an ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Radiation dose escalation using intensity modulated radiation therapy for gross unresected node-positive endometrial cancer

scientific article published on 2 September 2013

Radiation dose-volume effects of the urinary bladder

scientific article published on March 2010

Radiation oncology medical student clerkship: implementation and evaluation of a bi-institutional pilot curriculum

scientific article published on January 2014

Radiation therapy for gynecologic malignancies during the COVID-19 pandemic: International expert consensus recommendations

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Radiation therapy oncology group gynecologic oncology working group: comprehensive results

scientific article published on June 2014

Real-time active MR-tracking of metallic stylets in MR-guided radiation therapy.

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Real-time management of incident learning reports in a radiation oncology department

scientific article published on 08 May 2018

Rectal bleeding after radiation therapy for endometrial cancer

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Rectum and bladder spacing in cervical cancer brachytherapy using a novel injectable hydrogel compound.

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Redesign of process map to increase efficiency: Reducing procedure time in cervical cancer brachytherapy

scientific article published on 6 January 2015

Relationship of margin status and radiation dose to recurrence in post-operative vulvar carcinoma.

scientific article published on 5 June 2013

Seeing is saving: the benefit of 3D imaging in gynecologic brachytherapy.

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Should the organs at risk be contoured in vaginal cuff brachytherapy?

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Sigmoid dose using 3D imaging in cervical-cancer brachytherapy

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Single Radiotherapy Fraction with Local Anti-CD40 Therapy Generates Effective Abscopal Responses in Mouse Models of Cervical Cancer

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix: outcome and patterns of recurrence

scientific article published on 01 April 2004

Smoking and the risk of endometrial cancer: Results from the Nurses' Health Study

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Surgineering: curriculum concept for experiential learning in upper-level biomedical engineering

scientific article published on 18 November 2019

Synovial cell sarcoma of the vulva: multimodality treatment incorporating preoperative external-beam radiation, hemivulvectomy, flap reconstruction, interstitial brachytherapy, and chemotherapy.

scientific article published on 30 October 2006

Technical assessment of a mobile CT scanner for image-guided brachytherapy

scientific article published on 02 October 2019

The ABS brachytherapy schools

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

The ASTRO clinical practice guidelines in cervical cancer: Optimizing radiation therapy for improved outcomes

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

The American College of Radiology and the American Brachytherapy Society practice parameter for the performance of low-dose-rate brachytherapy

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The Frank Ellis memorial lecture: the use of three-dimensional imaging in gynaecological radiation therapy.

scientific article published in February 2008

The importance of chemotherapy and radiation in uterine papillary serous carcinoma

scientific article published on 02 October 2011

The quality of cervical cancer brachytherapy implantation and the impact on local recurrence and disease-free survival in radiation therapy oncology group prospective trials 0116 and 0128.

scientific article published on January 2012

The risk of lymphedema after postoperative radiation therapy in endometrial cancer

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The role of postoperative radiation therapy for endometrial cancer: Executive summary of an American Society for Radiation Oncology evidence-based guideline.

scientific article published on 31 March 2014

The value of systematic contouring of the bowel for treatment plan optimization in image-guided cervical cancer high-dose-rate brachytherapy

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Therapeutic radiation and the potential risk of second malignancies.

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Three-dimensional imaging in gynecologic brachytherapy: a survey of the American Brachytherapy Society.

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Trends in the utilization of brachytherapy in cervical cancer in the United States

scientific article published on 9 July 2013

Understanding the underutilization of cervical brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer

scientific article published on 02 February 2019

Utilization of a Web-Based Conferencing Platform to Improve Global Radiation Oncology Education and Quality-Proof of Principle Through Implementation in India

scientific article published on 31 July 2018

Vaginal brachytherapy for early stage uterine papillary serous and clear cell endometrial cancer.

scientific article published on 21 December 2012

Vaginal brachytherapy for early-stage carcinosarcoma of the uterus.

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Vaginal brachytherapy for postoperative endometrial cancer: 2014 Survey of the American Brachytherapy Society

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

Vaginal necrosis: A rare late toxicity after radiation therapy

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Validation of catheter segmentation for MR-guided gynecologic cancer brachytherapy

scientific article published on 01 January 2013

Validation of mathematical models for the prediction of organs-at-risk dosimetric metrics in high-dose-rate gynecologic interstitial brachytherapy.

scientific article published in October 2013

Variability in clinical target volume delineation for intensity modulated radiation therapy in 3 challenging cervix cancer scenarios

scientific article published on 02 July 2015

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