Factors affecting long-term outcome of irradiation in carcinoma of the vagina

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-45

  Perez, Carlos A ^a   Grigsby, Perry W ^a   Garipagaoglu, Melahat ^c   Mutch, David G ^b   Lockett, Mary Ann ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Oncology   (United States)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Radiation therapy; Tumor control; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033048320     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00530-6     Document Type: Article

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