Tumor shrinkage before intracavitary brachytherapy for cancer of the cervix: Radiotherapy alone versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Cancer Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 377-380

  Kim, Robert Y ^a   Spencer, Sharon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Tumor regression; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034581040     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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