Acute toxicity in pelvic radiotherapy; a randomised trial of conformal versus conventional treatment

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-135

  Tait, D M ^a   Nahum, A E ^a   Meyer, L C ^a   Law, M ^a   Dearnaley, D P ^a   Horwich, A ^a   Mayles, W P ^a   Yarnold, J R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Conformal radiotherapy; Normal tissue sparing; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030970072     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01870-1     Document Type: Article

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