High-dose-rate brachytherapy in the management of carcinoma of the cervix: An 8-year Australian experience

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 342-347

  MacLeod, Craig ^a   Fowler, Alan ^a   Dalrymple, Chris ^a   D'Costa, Ieta ^a   Firth, Ian ^a   Atkinson, Ken ^a   Elliot, Peter ^a   Carter, Jonathan ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030855035     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02427.x     Document Type: Article

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