Vaginal Dose, Toxicity and Sexual Outcomes in Patients of Cervical Cancer Undergoing Image Based Brachytherapy |
Rai, Bhavana
(Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research)
Dhanireddy, Bhaswanth (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Patel, Firuza Darius (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Kumari, Reena (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Oinam, Arun Singh (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Simha, Vijai (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Sharma, Suresh (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) |
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