Hyperfractionation in carcinoma of the cervix: Tumor control and late bowel complications

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 653-656

  Viswanathan, Faith Rangad ^a   Varghese, Cherian ^b   Peedicayil, Abraham ^a   Lakshmanan, Jeyaseelan ^a   Narayan, Viswanathan Perungulam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Hyperfractionation; Late complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032823424     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00245-X     Document Type: Article

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