Hypofractionated radiotherapy for invasive bladder cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-169

  Scholten, Astrid N ^a,b   Leer, Jan Willem H ^a   Collins, C David ^b   Wondergem, Jan ^a   Hermans, Jo ^a   Timothy, Adrian ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Hypofractionation; Local control; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION SICKNESS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030949541     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01893-2     Document Type: Article

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