Normobaric oxygen treatment during radiotherapy for carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Results from a prospective controlled randomized trial

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-165

  Sundfør, Kolbein ^a   Trope, Claes ^a   Suo, Zhenhe ^a   Bergsjø, Per ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Hypoxia; Low dose rate brachytherapy; Oxygen inhalation therapy; Radiotherapy; Randomize controlled trials

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032942946     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00142-X     Document Type: Article

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