Feasibility of intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy in the treatment of locally advanced pediatric malignancies

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 382-384

  Nag, Subir ^a   Retter, Edna ^a   Martinez Monge, Rafael ^a   Bauer, Constance J ^a   Klopfenstein, Kathryn ^a   Ruymann, Frederick B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Childhood cancer; High dose rate irradiation; Teletherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOSURGERY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT TELETHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOXIC CELL; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD; ELECTRONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032969618     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199905)32:5<382::AID-MPO13>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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