Treatment of female urethral carcinoma in medically inoperable patients using external beam irradiation and high dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1669-1671

  Kuettel, Michael R ^a   Parda, David S ^a   Harter, K William ^a   Rodgers, James E ^a   Lynch, John H ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; radiotherapy; urethra; urethral neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030892384     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64830-4     Document Type: Article

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