High incidence of severe urologic complications following radiotherapy for cervical cancer in Japanese women

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-23

  Fujikawa, Keita ^a   Miyamoto, Takeshi ^b   Ihara, Yoshiyuki ^b   Matsui, Yoshiyuki ^b   Takeuchi, Hideo ^b  

^a Shiga Medical Center for Adults   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER RUPTURE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROPATHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RECTUM DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0035166669     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.2000.6030     Document Type: Article

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7. Clinical results in high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy of carcinoma of the uterine cervix with a remotely controlled after-loading system