Open AccessIndividualized and inverse optimized needle configuration for combined intracavitary-interstitial brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer
Author(s) -
Daguang Zhang,
Zhiyong Yang,
Shan Jiang,
Lin Zhou,
Zeyang Zhou,
Wei Wang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_292_19
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , radiation treatment planning , cervical cancer , workflow , medicine , computer science , medical physics , cancer , radiation therapy , radiology , database
The aim of this study is to address the limitation of combined intracavitary-interstitial (IC/IS) brachytherapy (BT) in locally advanced cervical cancer using standardized applicators and to determine the optimal dose distribution in patients with challenging tumors, innovative methods of customizing and optimizing the IS needle configuration for combined IC/IS BT are proposed and investigated.