Neutron irradiation of uterine sarcomas

Radiation Oncology Investigations

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 275-280

  Van Wijk, A L ^a,b   Stannard, C ^a,b   Levin, C V ^c   Van Der Merwe, A ^d,e   Werner, I D ^a,b   Smit, B J ^d,e   Schmitt, G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

neutron therapy; radiotherapy; uterine sarcomas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS SARCOMA;

EID: 0030435103     PISSN: 10657541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6823(1996)4:6<275::AID-ROI5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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