What is the prevalence of symptomatic or asymptomatic femoral head osteonecrosis in patients previously treated with chemoradiation? A magnetic resonance study of anal cancer patients

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-134

  Dzik Jurasz, A S K ^a   Brooker, S ^a   Husband, J E ^a   Tait, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Femoral head; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morbidity; Osteonecrosis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIOSENSITIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME;

EID: 0035035112     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.2001.9236     Document Type: Article

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