Perioperative fractionated high-dose rate brachytherapy for malignant bone and soft tissue tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 989-993

  Koizumi, Masahiko ^a,d   Inoue, Takehiro ^a   Yamazaki, Hideya ^b   Teshima, Teruki ^c   Tanaka, Eiichi ^b   Yoshida, Ken ^a   Imai, Atsushi ^a   Shiomi, Hiroya ^a   Kagawa, Kazufumi ^a   Araki, Nobuto ^b   Kuratsu, Shigeyuki ^b   Uchida, Atsumasa ^b   Inoue, Toshihiko ^a  

^a Biomedical Research Center   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone and soft tissue tumors; Brachytherapy; High dose rate (HDR); Perioperative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032949766     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00491-X     Document Type: Article

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