title: High-precision MRI-guided adaptive brachytherapy for cervical carcinoma.
abstract: Over the past 20 years advances in radiological technology have led to dramatic changes in cervical cancer management. External beam radiotherapy has evolved radically as a result of these changes. More recently, though, three-dimensional (3D) image guidance and volume-based prescribing has been adopted into cervical cancer brachytherapy. This overview covers the science and technology behind magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided adaptive brachytherapy and explains why it is now considered the new international standard of care.
authors: Mount Vernon Centre for Cancer Treatment, Northwood, Middlesex, UK. john.conibear@nhs.net
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Conibear
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Lowe
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Hoskin
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*