High-dose versus low-dose rate brachytherapy in definitive radiotherapy of cervical cancer

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 58-62

  Kucera, H ^a   Potter R ^a   Knocke, T H ^a   Baldass, M ^a   Kucera, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Definitive radiotherapy; High dose rate; Low dose rate

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; IRIDIUM 192; RADIUM 226;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035863253     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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