Early-stage endometrial cancer: Is intravaginal radiation therapy alone sufficient therapy?

Brachytherapy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 61-65

  McCormick, Traci C ^a,b   Cardenes, Higinia ^a   Randall, Marcus E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early stage; Endometrial cancer; Intravaginal; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL BRACHYTHERAPY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0013091270     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1538-4721(02)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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