Patterns of failure in squamous cell carcinoma of the vagina treated with definitive radiotherapy alone: What is the appropriate treatment volume?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages 109-116

  Yeh, Alexander M ^a   Marcus Jr , Robert B ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a,b   Morgan, Linda S ^a   Million, Rodney R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Field volume; Radiotherapy; Treatment techniques; Vaginal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; URETER OBSTRUCTION; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035738703     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10358     Document Type: Article

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