Who benefits from radiotherapy in treatment of endometrial cancer and at what price?

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9213, 2000, Pages 1381-1382

  Look, K Y ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034701408     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02131-0     Document Type: Note

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