Vaginal applicators (ovoids) for local control and alleviation of rectal complications of cervical cancers treated by brachytherapy

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-27

  Ohizumi, Yukio ^a,b   Akiba, Takeshi ^a   Imamiya, Satoshi ^a   Tamai, Yoshifumi ^a   Mori, Tomoyuki ^a   Shinozuka, Takao ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Local control; Rectal complications; Vaginal applicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM DISEASE; SURVIVOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RECTAL DISEASES; SURVIVORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 0033110477     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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