Clinical assessment by MRI for patients with Stage II cervical carcinoma treated by radiation alone in multicenter analysis: Are all patients with Stage II disease suitable candidates for chemoradiotherapy?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 627-636

  Kodaira, Takeshi ^a   Fuwa, Nobukazu ^a   Kamata, Minoru ^a   Furutani, Kazuhisa ^a   Kuzuya, Kazuo ^a   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^b   Toita, Takafumi ^b   Sasaoka, Masahiro ^c   Nomoto, Yoshihito ^c  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Lymph node swelling; MRI; Radiotherapy; Tumor size; Volume

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; STRATIFICATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036498999     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02685-2     Document Type: Article

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