The role of radiotherapy in endometrial carcinoma

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 437-440

  Grigsby, P W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Implants; Postoperative irradiation; Preoperative irradiation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN; CARCINOMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030133569     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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