High versus low-dose rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer
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PURPOSE To report the results of the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología México, of low dose rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer using only a tandem. A proportion of patients was treated with only a tandem, without ovoids, due to the distorted anatomy because of the tumour or previous external radiation, or sometimes due to physician preference. MATERIAL AND METHODS We report the results of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gynecologic Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0090-8258
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.12.038