Management of Stage I-B, II-A, and II-B Carcinoma of the Cervix with High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy: Initial Results of an Institutional Clinical Trial

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-228

  Abitbol, Andre A ^a   Wolfson, Aaron H ^b   Lewin, Alan A ^a   Houdek, Pavel V ^b   Laufer, Karen A ^b   Brandon, Alfred H ^b   Ting, Joseph Y ^b   Raub Jr , William A ^b   Averette, Hervy E ^b   Sevin, Bernd U ^b   Markoe, Arnold M ^b  

^a BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; High dose rate brachytherapy; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA DISEASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030008324     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199606000-00002     Document Type: Article

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