Long-term results of interstitial implant in locally advanced cervical cancer: A retrospective study of 50 cases

Radiation Oncology Investigations

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-40

  Nguyen, Phuc D ^a   John, Berchmans ^a   Carmody, Thomas J ^b   Huang, Kang ^a   Miller, David Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

distant metastases; locally advanced cervical cancer; pelvic recurrence

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029942969     PISSN: 10657541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6823(1996)4:1<33::AID-ROI6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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