Professional guideline
American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for adjuvant vaginal cuff brachytherapy after hysterectomy
Small W Jr, Beriwal S, Demanes DJ, et al. · American Brachytherapy Society
DoseLab summary
American Brachytherapy Society consensus on vaginal cuff brachytherapy after hysterectomy: indications, applicators, prescription point (surface or 5 mm depth), treatment length and common HDR and LDR schedules. Citation checked against Europe PMC.
Why this is useful
The US guideline for cylinder brachytherapy: where to prescribe, how much vagina to treat and typical schedules.
Reference details
- Title
- American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for adjuvant vaginal cuff brachytherapy after hysterectomy
- Authors / organization
- Small W Jr, Beriwal S, Demanes DJ, et al. · American Brachytherapy Society
- Publication / protocol
- Brachytherapy. 2012;11(1):58–67
- Version
- Pending verification
- Year
- 2012
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.brachy.2011.08.005
- Disease sites
- GYN
- Topics
- Brachytherapy, Vaginal cuff, Endometrium, ABS, HDR
- Fractionation context
- Pending verification
- Last reviewed by DoseLab
- Pending verification