Adjuvant radiotherapy after radical hysterectomy of the cervical cancer: Prognostic factors and complications

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 504-509

  Chatani, Masashi ^a,c   Nose, Takayuki ^a   Masaki, Norie ^a   Inoue, Toshihiko ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Postoperative radiotherapy; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031723766     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03038982     Document Type: Article

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