Medium-dose-rate brachytherapy of cancer of the cervix: Preliminary results of a prospectively designed schedule based on the linear-quadratic model

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1061-1064

  Leborgne, Felix ^a   Fowler, Jack F ^b   Leborgne, Jose H ^a   Zubizarreta, Eduardo ^a   Curochquin, Rene ^c  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Hospital Italiano Montevideo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cancer of the cervix; Complications; Medium dose rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032936209     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00527-6     Document Type: Article

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