Interstitial brachytherapy in the management of primary carcinoma of the cervix and vagina

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-32

  Nag, Subir ^a   Martínez Monge, Rafael ^a   Selman, Alberto E ^a   Copeland, Larry J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervix; Interstitial; Intracavitary; Iridium 192; Vagina

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032126978     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5032     Document Type: Article

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