Predictive value of linear-quadratic model in the treatment of cervical cancer using high-dose-rate brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1377-1387

  Sood, Brij ^a   Garg, Madhur ^a   Avadhani, Jai ^a   Gorla, Giridhar ^a   Malhotra, Harish ^a   Guha, Chandan ^a   Deore, Shivaji ^a   Vikram, Bhadrasain ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological equivalent dose; Cervical cancer; Linear quadratic model; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; LINEAR EQUATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0036890713     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)03051-1     Document Type: Article

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