Rectum Protection by Rectal Gel Injection in Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy: A Dosimetric Study via Deformable Surface Dose Accumulation and Machine-Learning-Based Discriminative Modeling

Rectum Protection by Rectal Gel Injection in Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy: A Dosimetric Study via Deformable Surface Dose Accumulation and Machine-Learning-Based Discriminative Modeling

PurposeThis retrospective study aimed to evaluate the dosimetric effects of a rectal insertion of Kushen Ningjiao on rectal protection using deformable dose accumulation and machine learning–based discriminative modelling.Materials and MethodsSixty-two patients with cervical cancer enrolled in a cli...

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Main Authors: Xuetao Wang, Bailin Zhang, Qiang He, Yilin Kong, Zhenhui Dai, Haoyu Meng, Fangjun Huang, Shengfeng Zhang, Yuanhu Zhu, Xiang Tan, Xin Zhen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
brachytherapy
cervical cancer
dose accumulation
Kushen Ningjiao
rectum
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.657208/full

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