Long-term results of low-dose-rate interstitial-intracavitary brachytherapy in the treatment of carcinoma of the cervix

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-78

  Syed, A M Nisar ^a   Puthawala, Ajmel A ^a   Abdelaziz, Nashwa Nazmy ^a,b   El Naggar, Mervat ^a,c   Disaia, Philip ^a   Berman, Michael ^a   Tewari, Krishnansu S ^a   Sharma, Anil ^a   Londrc, Adina ^a   Juwadi, Supriya ^a   Cherlow, Joel M ^a   Damore, Steven ^a   Chen, Yi Jen ^d  

^a LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Carcinoma of the cervix; Interstitial intracavitary; Low dose rate

Indexed keywords

DENTAL BRACES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIATION;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036719246     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02900-0     Document Type: Article

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