Treatment of conjunctival lymphomas by beta-ray brachytherapy using a strontium-90-yttrium-90 applicator

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 459-463

  Regueiro, C A ^a   Valcarcel F J ^a   Romero, J ^a   de la Torre, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Conjunctiva; Lymphoma; Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma; Strontium 90

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA LYMPHOMA; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0036893781     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.2002.0148     Document Type: Article

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