An audit of the treatment of carcinoma of the uterine cervix using external beam radiotherapy and a single line source brachytherapy technique

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue DEC., 1997, Pages 1259-1269

  Tan, L T ^a   Jones, B ^a   Gee, A ^a   Kingston, R E ^b  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RISK; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031453585     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.70.840.9505845     Document Type: Article

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