The importance of hemoglobin levels during radiotherapy for carcinoma of the cervix

Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1528-1536

  Grogan, Michelle ^a   Thomas, Gillian M ^a   Melamed, Iris ^b   Wong, Frances L W ^c   Pearcey, Robert G ^d   Joseph, Paul K ^e   Portelance, Lorraine ^f   Crook, Juanita ^g   Jones, Keith D ^h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b Janssen Ortho Inc   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Nova Scotia Cancer Center   (Canada)

^f NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^h M R MacCharles Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Hemoglobin level; Irradiation; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033570075     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991015)86:8<1528::AID-CNCR20>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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