Long-term remission after brachytherapy with external irradiation for locally advanced lung cancer

Respiration

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 489-491

  Yokomise, H ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a   Fukuse, T ^a   Hirata, T ^a   Ike, O ^a   Mizuno, H ^a   Wada, H ^a   Hitomi, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Locally advanced lung cancer; Long term remission

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031722867     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029321     Document Type: Article

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