Treatment of primary tracheal carcinoma. The role of external and endoluminal radiotherapy

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-27

  Harms, Wolfgang ^c   Latz, Detlev ^a   Becker, Heinrich ^b   Gagel, Bernd ^a   Herth, Felix ^b   Wannenmacher, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Radiooncology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

High dose rate brachytherapy; Radiotherapy; Tracheal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; TRACHEA CARCINOMA; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEA RESECTION; TRACHEITIS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0033962882     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00002300     Document Type: Article

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