Implant brachytherapy: A novel treatment for recurrent orbital rhabdomyosarcoma

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 154-157

  Abramson, David H ^a,e   Fass, Daniel ^b   McCormick, Beryl ^c   Servodidio, Camille A ^a   Piro, John D ^d   Anderson, Lowell L ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GREENWICH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031215970     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-8531(97)90058-6     Document Type: Article

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