Prognostic factors and patterns of treatment failure in dogs with unresectable differentiated thyroid carcinomas treated with megavoltage irradiation

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 216, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1775-1779

  Théon, Alain P ^a   Marks, Stanley L ^a   Feldman, Edward S ^a   Griffey, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID TUMOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034199899     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.216.1775     Document Type: Article

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