Global collaborations for cervical cancer: can the East–West alliance facilitate treatment for all?

S Chopra, P Mittal, A Viswanathan, E Tharavichitkul… - Clinical Oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite the advances in the primary prevention of cervical cancer, there is an absolute
increase in the incidence of cervical cancer as a result of an increase in world population. A …

Understanding the underutilization of cervical brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer

TM Ma, MM Harkenrider, CM Yashar, AN Viswanathan… - Brachytherapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To understand the reasons behind current low utilization of brachytherapy for
locally advanced cervical cancer in the United States. Methods and Materials A 17-item …

Development and implementation of a simulation-based educational workshop on gynecological brachytherapy: pilot study at a national meeting

L Singer, S Braunstein, A Klopp, M Joyner - Practical radiation oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Despite the importance of brachytherapy in the curative treatment of locally
advanced cervical cancer, reviews of practice patterns in the United States have identified a …

Development of a multi-institutional simulation-based gynecologic brachytherapy curriculum

L Singer, S Damast, L Lin, N Taunk, LJ Lee… - International Journal of …, 2019 - redjournal.org
To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent letter by Rooney et al, which described a
need for the following educational initiatives: brachytherapy (BT) simulationbased education …

In Regard to Marcrom et al

MK Rooney, JR Gunther, EF Gillespie… - International Journal of …, 2019 - redjournal.org
To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent article by Marcrom et al entitled
“Brachytherapy Training Survey of Radiation Oncology Residents,” 1 in which the authors …

In Regard to Gagliardi et al

JH Chang, MJ Cha - … Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2019 - redjournal.org
To the Editor: We read the review by Gagliardi et al with great interest and would like to
thank the authors for their efforts in integrating studies on the effects of radiation on the heart …