Noriyuki Okonogi, Naoya Murakami, Jun Takatsu, Kotaro Iijima, Terufumi Kawamoto, Masaki Oshima, Kae Okuma, Koji Masui, Kazutoshi Murata, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Ken Yoshida, Shin-Ei Noda, Haruko Numajiri, Miho Watanabe, Keisuke Tsuchida, Yoichi Muramoto, Tatsuki Karino, Tatsuya Ohno, Naoto Shikama
This study assessed the significance of hands-on-training (HoT) and questionnaire-based surveys on 3D image-guided brachytherapy (3D-IGBT) and a combination of intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy, the so-called 'hybrid' BT (HBT), in uterine cervical cancer. In October 2023, 29 radiation oncologists, nurses, radiologic technologists and medical physicists from 10 Japanese facilities participated in an HoT on 3D-IGBT and HBT. Questionnaires were distributed to each participant before and after the HoT, and feedback was obtained through online channels...
March 27, 2024: Journal of Radiation Research