Brachytherapy for cancer of the female urethra

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-214

  Micaily, Bizhan ^a   Dzeda, Michael F ^a   Miyamoto, Curtis T ^a   Brady, Luther W ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adenocarcinoma; adjuvant chemotherapy; antineoplastic agents; brachytherapy; female; neoplasm staging; radiation dosage; squamous cell carcinoma; urethral neoplasms radiotherapy surgery

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN C; VINBLASTINE;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030909061     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199705/06)13:3<208::AID-SSU9>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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