Salvage interstitial brachytherapy based on computed tomography for recurrent cervical cancer after radical hysterectomy and adjuvant radiation therapy: case presentations and introduction of the technique

Purpose : Locally recurring cervical cancer after surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy remains a major therapeutic challenge. This paper presents a new therapeutic technique for such patients: interstitial brachytherapy (BT) guided by real-time three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT). Materi...

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Main Authors: Zhong-Shan Liu, Jie Guo, Yang-Zhi Zhao, Xia Lin, Bin Chen, Ming Zhang, Jiang-Ming Li, Xiao-Jun Ren, Bing-Ya Zhang, Tie-Jun Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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Online Access:https://www.termedia.pl/Salvage-interstitial-brachytherapy-based-on-computed-tomography-for-recurrent-cervical-cancer-after-radical-hysterectomy-and-adjuvant-radiation-therapy-case-presentations-and-introduction-of-the-techn,54,28603,1,1.html