Treatment outcome following radiotherapy in elderly patients with bladder cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-58

  Sengeløv, Lisa ^a   Klintorp, Søren ^a   Havsteen, Hanne ^b   Kamby, Claus ^a   Hansen, Susanne L ^a   Von Der Maase, Hans ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Elderly; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030833626     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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