Sigmoid perforation following radiation therapy in patients with cervical cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 150-155

  Ramirez, Pedro T ^a   Levenback, Charles ^a   Burke, Thomas W ^a   Eifel, Patricia ^a   Wolf, Judith K ^a   Gershenson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; HUMAN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; SIGMOID; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0034936710     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.2001.6213     Document Type: Article

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