High dose rate endobronchial brachytherapy: Results and complications in 189 patients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 162-168

  Taulelle, M ^a   Chauvet, B ^a   Vincent, P ^a   Felix Faure C ^a   Buciarelli, B ^a   Garcia, R ^a   Brewer, Y ^a   Reboul, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT SAINTE CATHERINE   (France)

Author keywords

Endobronchial brachytherapy; High dose rate radiotherapy; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHUS FISTULA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE; SYMPTOM; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHITIS; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031939677     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11010162     Document Type: Article

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