Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 96, Issue 2 , Pages 153-160 , August 2010

Recommendations from Gynaecological (GYN) GEC-ESTRO Working Group: Considerations and pitfalls in commissioning and applicator reconstruction in 3D image-based treatment planning of cervix cancer brachytherapy

  • Taran Paulsen Hellebust

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Medical Physics, Division of Cancer and Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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  • Christian Kirisits

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy and Radiobiology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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  • Daniel Berger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy and Radiobiology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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  • José Pérez-Calatayud

      Affiliations

    • La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Marisol De Brabandere

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Astrid De Leeuw

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Isabelle Dumas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Institut Gustav Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Robert Hudej

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Slovenia
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  • Gerry Lowe

      Affiliations

    • Mount Vernon Cancer Center, Northwood, UK
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  • Rachel Wills

      Affiliations

    • Mount Vernon Cancer Center, Northwood, UK
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  • Kari Tanderup

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Received 21 April 2010 ,Revised 7 June 2010 ,Accepted 8 June 2010.

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PII: S0167-8140(10)00368-3

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.06.004

Radiotherapy & Oncology
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