Twice-daily fractionation of external irradiation with brachytherapy and chemotherapy in carcinoma of the cervix with positive para-aortic lymph nodes: Phase II study of the radiation therapy oncology group 92-10

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 817-822

  Grigsby, Perry W ^a   Lu, J D ^b   Mutch, David G ^c   Kim, Robert Y ^d   Eifel, Patricia J ^e  

^a Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RTOG Headquarters   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Carcinoma; Cervix; Chemotherapy; Lymph nodes; Radiation; RTOG

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031860096     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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