title: Image-based brachytherapy: a forum for collaboration between radiation oncologists and diagnostic radiologists.
abstract: There has been increased interest in implementing image-guided brachytherapy to better define the structures of interest and assess the radiation dose distribution in tumors and surrounding normal tissues. This is particularly helpful in the treatment of pelvic malignancies such as cervix cancer and prostate cancer, in which the tumor lies in close relationship to the bladder and rectosigmoid. This provides a forum for the collaboration of diagnostic radiologists and radiation oncologists.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Radiation Oncology, Milwaukee, WI 53110, USA. berickson@radonc.mcw.edu
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erickson
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States