Uterosacral space involvement in locally advanced carcinoma of the uterine cervix

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 397-403

  Chao, K S Clifford ^a,b   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^a   Grigsby, Perry W ^a   Perez, Carlos A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Radiation therapy; Uterosacral ligament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032518349     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00577-4     Document Type: Article

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