Intratumoral pO2-measurements as predictive assay in the treatment of carcinoma of the uterine cervix

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-104

  Knocke, Tomas Hendrik ^a   Weitmann, Hajo Dirk ^a   Feldmann, Horst Jürgen ^b   Selzer, Edgar ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervix carcinoma; Hemoglobin; Hypoxia; Predictive assay; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; POLAROGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032585864     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00139-5     Document Type: Article

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