Carcinoma of the intact uterine cervix treated with radiotherapy alone: A French cooperative study: Update and multivariate analysis of prognostics factors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 969-978

  Barillot, Isabelle ^a   Horiot, Jean Claude ^a   Pigneux, Jacques ^b   Schraub, Simon ^c   Pourquier, Henri ^d   Daly, Nicolas ^e   Bolla, Michel ^f   Rozan, Raymond ^g  

^a Tum Inst Ctr Georges Francois L   (France)

^b INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^d CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

^e INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^f GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of cervix; Disease free survival; Pelvic free survival; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy alone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030757242     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00145-4     Document Type: Article

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