High-dose rate intracavitary irradiation for carcinoma of the uterine cervix: The adverse effect of treatment prolongation

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 379-384

  Chatani, M ^a,b   Matayoshi, Y ^a   Masaki, N ^a   Inoue, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the uterine cervix; High dose rate intracavitary irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030747695     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03038241     Document Type: Article

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