Analysis of prognostic factors in stage IIB-IVA cervical carcinoma treated with radiation therapy: Value of computed tomography

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1071-1077

  Ogino, Ichiro ^a,c   Okamoto, Naoyuki ^b   Andoh, Kazuo ^b   Kitamura, Tatsuo ^b   Okajima, Hiroyuki ^b   Matsubara, Sho ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Computed tomography; FIGO staging; High dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy; Multivariate analysis; Prognostic factors; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031007817     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00599-8     Document Type: Article

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