External irradiation versus external irradiation plus endobronchial brachytherapy in inoperable non-small cell lung cancer: A prospective randomized study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-268

  Langendijk, Hans ^a,b   De Jong, Jos ^a   Tjwa, Martin ^c   Muller, Martin ^d   Ten Velde, Guul ^e   Aaronson, Neil ^d   Lamers, Rob ^e   Slotman, Ben ^b   Wouters, Miel ^e  

^a MAASTRO CLINIC   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endobronchial brachytherapy; External irradiation; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ATELECTASIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035283088     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00345-5     Document Type: Article

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