Survival in cancer of the cervix: Treatment in a population-based cancer registry in a developing country (Bangalore, India)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-123

  Kumaraswamy, ^a   Nandakumar, Ambakumar ^b,d   Venugopal, Thalagavadi ^c   Viswanathan, Nanjundappa ^a  

^a KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

^b Kidwai Mem Inst of Oncology Campus ^*

^c Population Based Cancer Registry   (India)

^d National Cancer Registry Programme   (India)

Author keywords

Cervix cancer; Dose of external radiotherapy; India; Radiotherapy; Survival; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031974907     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008813806971     Document Type: Article

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