Remote afterloading brachytherapy for the local control of endobronchial carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 579-587

  Speiser, Burton L ^a   Spratling, Larry ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endobronchial brachytherapy; High dose rate brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHUS CANCER; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027418046     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(93)90002-D     Document Type: Article

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