High-dose-rate intraoperative brachytherapy (IOHDR) using flab technique in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 480-485

  Rachbauer, Franz ^a   Sztankay, Arpad ^a   Kreczy, Alfons ^a   Sununu, Tarek ^a   Bach, Christian ^a   Nogler, Michael ^a   Krismer, Martin ^a   Eichberger, Paul ^a   Schiestl, Bernhard ^a   Lukas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Intraoperative high dose rate brachytherapy; Limb salvage surgery; Local recurrence; Radiotherapy; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0038071452     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-003-1063-7     Document Type: Article

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