Palliative radiation therapy for brain metastases from endometrial carcinoma: Report of two cases

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 498-503

  Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Toita, Takafumi ^a   Kakinohana, Yasumasa ^a   Kamata, Minoru ^a   Moromizato, Hidehiko ^a   Nagai, Yutaka ^a   Higashi, Masahiro ^a   Kanazawa, Koji ^a   Yoshii, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Endometrial cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033202607     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/29.10.498     Document Type: Article

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