Intraoperative and conformal external-beam radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma; Results from a feasibility phase II study

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 34, 2000, Pages 1142-1146

  Furuse, J ^a   Ogino, T ^a   Ryu, M ^a   Kinoshita, T ^a   Konishi, M ^a   Kawano, N ^a   Ishikura, S ^a   Shimizu, W ^a   Sekiguchi, R ^a   Moriyama, N ^a   Iwasaki, M ^a   Yoshino, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conformal external beam radiotherapy; Intraoperative radiotherapy; Pancreatic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STOMACH ULCER; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033808382     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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