Curative radiation therapy for locally advanced cervical cancer: brachytherapy is NOT optional

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: ktanderup@radonc.wustl.edu.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
⁴ Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Christian Doppler Laboratory for Medical Radiation Research for Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Editorial

Kari Tanderup et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 1;88(3):537-9.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.11.011. Epub 2014 Jan 7.

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: ktanderup@radonc.wustl.edu.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
⁴ Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Christian Doppler Laboratory for Medical Radiation Research for Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

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Comment on

Trends in the utilization of brachytherapy in cervical cancer in the United States.
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