Short-time splenic irradiation for splenomegaly

Onkologie

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-24

  Schratter Sehn, Annemarie U ^a   Cerveny, M ^a   Simmel, H ^a   Schlogl E ^b   Schratter, A ^a  

^a KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hemopoietic lymphoepithelial disease; Short time splenic irradiation; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; MYELOFIBROSIS; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037217553     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069859     Document Type: Article

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