Is there a role for a brachytherapy vaginal cuff boost in the adjuvant management of patients with uterine-confined endometrial cancer?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-104

  Greven, Kathryn M ^a   D'Agostino Jr , Ralph B ^a   Lanciano, Rachelle M ^b   Corn, Benjamin W ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Delaware County Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiation; Brachytherapy; Endometrial cancer

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

EID: 0031671243     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00173-4     Document Type: Article

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