Effect of total treatment time on event-free survival in carcinoma of the cervix

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-48

  Delaloye, Jean F ^a   Coucke, Philippe A ^a   Pampallona, Sandro ^a   De Grandi, Pierre ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030070309     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0009     Document Type: Article

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