The American brachytherapy society survey of brachytherapy practice for carcinoma of the cervix in the United States

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-118

  Nag, Subir ^a,d   Orton, Colin ^b   Young, Donn ^a   Erickson, Beth ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Practice patterns; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032943766     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5334     Document Type: Article

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