A pilot study of concomitant boost accelerated superfractionated radiotherapy for stage III cancer of the uterine cervix

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 561-568

  Kavanagh, Brian D ^a   Gieschen, Holger L ^a   Schmidt Ullrich, Rupert K ^a   Arthur, Douglas ^a   Zwicker, Robert ^a   Kaufman, Nathan ^a   Goplerud, Dean R ^a   Segreti, Eileen M ^a   West, Randal J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated fractionation; Brachytherapy; Cervix cancer; Concomitant boost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030795948     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)89484-9     Document Type: Article

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