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Gynecological Cancers

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This chapter on gynecological cancers is aiming to summarize the evidence-based current management for endometrial, cervical and vulvar cancer. We hope to ease the understanding in the appropriate delineation of tumor volumes/fields along with related case presentations covering diagnostic images, contouring, slice by slice final plan examples; accompanied by up-to-date key literature review.

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Gultekin, M., Sari, S.Y., Yazici, G., Hurmuz, P., Yildiz, F., Ozyigit, G. (2019). Gynecological Cancers. In: Ozyigit, G., Selek, U. (eds) Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97145-2_7

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