Tumor diameter/volume and pelvic node status assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for uterine cervical cancer treated with irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 777-782

  Toita, Takafumi ^a   Kakinohana, Yasumasa ^a   Shinzato, Sanae ^a   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Yoshinaga, Masatomi ^a   Iraha, Shiro ^a   Higashi, Masahiro ^a   Sakumoto, Kaoru ^a   Kanazawa, Koji ^a   Sawada, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiotherapy; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033030861     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00481-7     Document Type: Article

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