High-dose-rate brachytherapy for vaginal cancer: Learning from treatment complications

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-31

  Tyree, W C ^a   Cardenes, H ^a   Randall, M ^a   Papiez, L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Complications; High dose rate; Radiotherapy; Vaginal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINA CANCER;

ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; ULCER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL DISEASES; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 0036192724     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2002.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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