A population-based study of the use and outcome of radical radiotherapy for invasive bladder cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1239-1245

  Hayter, Charles R R ^a,c   Paszat, Lawrence F ^a,b   Groome, Patti A ^a,b   Schulze, Karleen ^a   MacKillop, William J ^a,b  

^a Cancer Centre of South Eastern Ontario   (Canada)

^b Radiation Oncology Research Unit   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CYSTECTOMY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032776964     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00306-5     Document Type: Article

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