Iridium-192 transperineal interstitial brachytherapy for locally advanced or recurrent gynecological malignancies

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1055-1060

  Gupta, Anjali K ^a   Vicini, Frank A ^a   Frazier, Arthur J ^a   Barth Jones, Daniel C ^b   Edmundson, Gregory K ^a   Mele, Elizabeth ^a   Gustafson, Gary S ^a   Martinez, Alvaro A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecological malignancies; Interstitial brachytherapy; Iridium 192; Remote afterloader

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; RECURRENT CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032943239     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00522-7     Document Type: Article

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