Endoluminal radiotherapy for rectal tumors

Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 521-524

  Tanum, Gunnar ^a   Wiig, Johan ^a   Andersen, Ove Kjell ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy, endoluminal; Rectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM TUMOR; RELAPSE; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA, VILLOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031727142     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000011906     Document Type: Article

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