Combined treatment of inoperable carcinomas of the uterine cervix with radiotherapy and regional hyperthermia: Results of a phase II trial

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 517-521

  Dinges, Stefan ^a,d   Harder, Christian ^a   Wurm, Reinhard ^a   Buchali, Andre ^a   Blohmer, Jens ^b   Gellermann, Johanna ^b   Wust, Peter ^b   Randow, Harry ^c   Budach, Volker ^a  

^a Klinik für Strahlentherapie   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c VIVANTES KLINIKUM IM FRIEDRICHSHAIN   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Combined modality therapy; Hyperthermia; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INOPERABLE CANCER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SKIN DEFECT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031784999     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03038984     Document Type: Article

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