The independence of intrinsic radiosensitivity as a prognostic factor for patient response to radiotherapy of carcinoma of the cervix

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1184-1190

  West, C M L ^a   Davidson, S E ^b   Roberts, S A ^a   Hunter, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervix cancer; Intrinsic radiosensitivity; Predictive assay; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030766981     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.531     Document Type: Article

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