Primary carcinoma of the vagina: Tata Memorial Hospital experience

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-108

  Pingley, Sonali ^a   Shrivastava, Shyam Kishor ^a   Sarin, Rajiv ^a   Agarwal, Jai Prakash ^a   Laskar, Siddharth ^a   Deshpande, D D ^a   Dinshaw, K A ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma vagina; Interstitial brachytherapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033961712     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00360-0     Document Type: Article

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