Treatment of rectal adenocarcinoma with endocavitary and external beam radiotherapy: Results for 199 patients with localized tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 363-370

  Aumock, Angel ^a   Birnbaum, Elisa H ^a   Fleshman, James W ^a   Fry, Robert D ^b   Gambacorta, Maria Antoinette ^c   Kodner, Ira J ^a   Malyapa, Robert S ^a   Read, Thomas E ^a   Walz, Bruce J ^d   Myerson, Robert J ^a,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d St Anthony's Medical Center   (United States)

^e Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Endocavitary radiotherapy; External beam radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

MOBILE LESIONS;

DISEASES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOCAVITARY RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENCE RISK; SALVAGE THERAPY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035479328     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01677-7     Document Type: Article

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