Comparison of two different radiotherapy schedules for spinal cord compression in prostate cancer

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Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 472-477

  Maranzano, Ernesto ^a,c   Latini, Paolo ^b   Beneventi, Sara ^a   Marafioti, Luigi ^a   Piro, Fabrizio ^a   Perrucci, Elisabetta ^a   Lupattelli, Marco ^a  

^a Hospital of Perugia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Short course radiotherapy; Spinal cord compression; Split course radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COBALT THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031725918     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400407     Document Type: Article

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