The curative potential of radiation therapy in the treatment of primary vaginal carcinoma

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-44

  Fine, Bruce A ^a,b   Piver, M Steven ^a   McAuley, Michael ^a   Driscoll, Deborah ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation therapy; Vaginal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030040234     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199602000-00009     Document Type: Article

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