Long-term side effects of radiotherapy in survivors of childhood cancer

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2002, Pages 57-68

  Dieckmann, K ^a   Widder, J ^a   Potter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0036134550     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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