Superior vena cava obstruction in small-cell lung cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 513-520

  Chan, Roscoe H ^b   Dar, A Rashid ^a   Yu, Edward ^a   Stitt, Larry W ^a   Whiston, Francis ^a   Truong, Pauline ^a   Vincent, Mark D ^a   Kocha, Walter I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Palliation; Quality of life; Recurrence; Small cell lung cancer; Superior vena cava obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 0030825489     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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