Irradiation in carcinoma of the vulva: Factors affecting outcome

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 335-344

  Perez, Carlos A ^a,d   Grigsby, Perry W ^a   Chao, K S Clifford ^a   Galakatos, Andrew ^b   Garipagaoglu, Melahat ^c   Mutch, David ^b   Lockett, Mary Ann ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation therapy; Irradiation; Locoregional recurrence; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032170677     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00238-7     Document Type: Article

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